寺じ内ない町ちょう

noun

temple town; fortified temple settlement

Historical term for a town that developed within the semi-fortified precincts of a temple, particularly during Japan's Warring States period (15th–16th centuries). Often associated with the Ikkō-ikki movement and Jōdo Shinshū temples.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、寺じ内ない町ちょうは自じ治ち的てきな都と市しとして発はっ展てんした。

  During the Warring States period, temple towns developed as self-governing urban communities.

• 大おお阪さかの石いし山やま本ほん願がん寺じを中ちゅう心しんに巨きょ大だいな寺じ内ない町ちょうが形けい成せいされた。

  A huge temple town formed around Ishiyama Hongan-ji in Osaka.