寺じ檀だん制せい度ど

noun

temple registration system; Edo-period temple affiliation system

Historical term for the Edo-period system requiring commoners to register with a Buddhist temple to prove their faith and avoid Christianity. Also known as 寺請制度.

See also: 寺請制度

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、寺じ檀だん制せい度どによって人ひと々びとは必かならずどこかの寺てらに属ぞくさなければならなかった。

  During the Edo period, under the temple registration system, people had to belong to some temple.