堕だ罪ざい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

sinking into sin; falling into sin

A rare, formal religious term (Christian or Buddhist) for the act or state of falling into sin. Often used in theological or literary contexts.

• 彼かれは堕だ罪ざいの概がい念ねんについて神しん学がく論ろん文ぶんを書かいた。

  He wrote a theological paper on the concept of falling into sin.

• 堕だ罪ざいした人にん間げんは悔くい改あらためる必ひつ要ようがあると説とかれた。

  It was preached that humans who have fallen into sin must repent.