宮ぐう寺じ

noun

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

Refers to a temple building or complex located on the grounds of a Shinto shrine, reflecting the historical syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism (shinbutsu shūgō).

• この神じん社じゃの境けい内だいには、かつて宮ぐう寺じがあった。

  There used to be a Buddhist temple within the grounds of this shrine.

• 宮ぐう寺じは神しん仏ぶつ習しゅう合ごうの名残なごりとして今いまも残のこっている。

  The temple within the shrine remains today as a vestige of the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism.