also: おかみ
noun
your wife; his wife; someone's wife
Honorific term for another person's wife. Used in formal or respectful contexts. The reading おかみ is rare and old-fashioned.
社長の内儀はとても上品な方だ。
The company president's wife is a very refined person.
先日、お宅の内儀にお会いしました。
I met your wife the other day.
noun
Only with reading ないぎ
Rare term for a secret meeting or the state of secrecy. Restricted to the reading ないぎ. Often replaced by 内議 in modern usage.
See also: 内議
その件は内儀に付された。
The matter was kept secret.
内儀を開くことは許されなかった。
Holding a secret meeting was not permitted.
Variant kanji form, less common than 内儀.
The kanji 内 (inside) and 儀 (ceremony, affair) combine to suggest 'internal affairs', which extended to 'wife' (the person who manages the household) and 'secret meeting' (internal discussion). The reading おかみ is a kun'yomi-based reading of the same characters.