also: げきょう
noun
foreign religion; Christianity
Only with reading がいきょう
Primarily used for Christianity as a foreign religion in a Japanese context; reading is がいきょう.
幕末に外教としてのキリスト教が広まった。
Christianity spread as a foreign religion at the end of the Edo period.
noun
non-Buddhist religion
Buddhist term, especially read げきょう; contrasts with 内教 (Buddhism). Rare in modern usage.
Antonyms: 内教
仏教では、外教は内教と対比される概念だ。
In Buddhism, non-Buddhist religions are a concept contrasted with Buddhism.
Antonym in Buddhist context; refers to Buddhism itself, while 外教 refers to other religions.
Compound of 外 (outside, foreign) and 教 (teaching, religion). The reading げきょう is a go-on reading used in Buddhist terminology.