寺てら請うけ制せい度ど

noun

terauke system; temple registration system

Historical term for the Edo-period system requiring citizens to register with a Buddhist temple to certify they were not Christians.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、寺てら請うけ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。

  In the Edo period, under the terauke system, people had to belong to some temple.