外教
also: げきょう
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Meanings
1
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.
2
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.