礼れい拝はい堂どう

noun

chapel

Only with reading れいはいどう

Typically a Christian chapel or a room for worship within a larger institution such as a school, hospital, or church complex.

• 病びょう院いんの礼れい拝はい堂どうで日にち曜よう礼れい拝はいが行おこなわれた。

  Sunday service was held in the hospital chapel.

noun

worship hall (Buddhist temple)

Only with reading らいはいどう

A building used for worship, often located in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple. The reading らいはいどう is especially associated with this sense.

• 参さん拝ぱい者しゃはまず礼らい拝はい堂どうでお経きょうをあげた。

  Worshippers first chanted sutras in the worship hall.