堂どう守もり

noun

temple keeper; temple caretaker

Refers to a person who looks after a temple, often living on the grounds and handling daily maintenance and minor duties. Not a priest, but a lay custodian.

• その寺てらの堂どう守もりは毎まい朝あさ境けい内だいを掃そう除じしている。

  The temple keeper cleans the precincts every morning.