also: げきょう
foreign religion; Christianity
Only with reading がいきょう
Primarily used for Christianity as a foreign religion in a Japanese context; reading is がいきょう.
Christianity spread as a foreign religion at the end of the Edo period.
non-Buddhist religion
Buddhist term, especially read げきょう; contrasts with 内教 (Buddhism). Rare in modern usage.
Antonyms: 内教
In Buddhism, non-Buddhist religions are a concept contrasted with Buddhism.
Buddhism (as an inner teaching)
Standard kanji form for the reading がいきょう; used for foreign religions, especially Christianity.
Buddhist term read げきょう; refers to non-Buddhist religions.
Compound of 外 (outside, foreign) and 教 (teaching, religion). The reading げきょう is a go-on reading used in Buddhist terminology.