寄き進しん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

donation to a temple or shrine; religious contribution

Specifically refers to donating money, land, or goods to a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine. Often used in historical or formal contexts.

• 地じ元もとの豪ごう族ぞくが寺てらに土と地ちを寄き進しんした。

  A local powerful family donated land to the temple.

• この梵ぼん鐘しょうは、江え戸ど時じ代だいに商しょう人にんが寄き進しんしたものです。

  This temple bell was donated by a merchant in the Edo period.