バテレン

noun

padre; Portuguese Jesuit missionary

Historical term for Portuguese Jesuit priests who came to Japan in the 16th century, from Portuguese 'padre'. Used in historical or Christian contexts.

See also: イルマン

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいに多おおくのバテレンが日本にほんに渡と来らいした。

  Many padres came to Japan during the Sengoku period.

• バテレン追つい放ほう令れいはキリスト教きょう宣せん教きょう師しを国こく外がいに追つい放ほうする法ほう令れいだった。

  The Edict of Expulsion of the Padres was a decree that expelled Christian missionaries from the country.

noun

Christianity; Christian

Historical metonymic use where 'padre' came to refer to Christianity itself or Christians in general during the early modern period. Rare and archaic outside historical contexts.

• 当とう時じの文ぶん献けんでは「バテレン」がキリスト教きょうそのものを指さすこともあった。

  In documents of that time, 'bateren' sometimes referred to Christianity itself.