禁きん教きょう

noun

prohibition of a religion; prohibited religion

Refers to the act of banning a religion or a religion that has been banned. Often used in historical contexts, such as the Edo-period ban on Christianity.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、キリスト教きょうは禁きん教きょうとされた。

  In the Edo period, Christianity was prohibited.

• 禁きん教きょう令れいによって多おおくの宣せん教きょう師しが国こく外がい追つい放ほうされた。

  Many missionaries were expelled from the country by the prohibition edict.