刑けい獄ごく

noun

jail; prison; punishment

Rare term for a place of imprisonment or the punishment itself. In modern Japanese, 刑務所 (けいむしょ) is the standard word for prison, and 刑罰 (けいばつ) for punishment.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「刑けい獄ごく」という言こと葉ばが牢ろう獄ごくや刑けい罰ばつを指さして使つかわれている。

  In old documents, the word 刑獄 is used to refer to a prison or punishment.