長ちょう吏り

noun

eta (Edo period)

Historical term for a member of the outcast class during the Edo period. Now considered discriminatory; used only in historical contexts.

See also: 穢多

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、長ちょう吏りと呼よばれる人ひと々びとは厳きびしい差さ別べつを受うけた。

  During the Edo period, people called chōri faced severe discrimination.

noun

temple administrator

Buddhist term for a high-ranking official managing temple affairs, comparable to positions like zasu or bettō.

See also: 座主 · 別当 · 検校

• その寺てらでは長ちょう吏りが修しゅ行ぎょう僧そうの指し導どうにあたっていた。

  At that temple, the chōri was in charge of training the monks.

noun

low-ranking official with high salary (medieval China)

Archaic term referring to a specific bureaucratic rank in medieval China. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical studies.

• 中ちゅう国ごく中ちゅう世せいの長ちょう吏りは、位くらいは低ひくいが俸ほう禄ろくは高たかかったとされる。

  In medieval China, a chōri was said to hold a low rank but receive a high salary.