ありける

expression, noun-modifying (irregular)

said; aforementioned

Classical prenominal form used to refer to something previously mentioned; equivalent to modern 前述の or その. Appears in literary or formal contexts.

• ありける人じん物ぶつは、後のちに都みやこへ上のぼったという。

  The aforementioned person is said to have later gone to the capital.

• ありける寺てらは、今いまは跡あと形かたもない。

  The temple in question no longer exists, not even its ruins.