祠し堂どう

noun

ancestral hall; mortuary tablet hall

A hall within a Buddhist temple grounds where mortuary tablets of lay parishioners are kept and memorial services are held.

• この寺てらの祠し堂どうには、檀だん家かの位い牌はいが安あん置ちされている。

  In this temple's ancestral hall, the mortuary tablets of the parishioners are enshrined.

noun

small shrine

A small shrine or sanctuary, often within a temple or sacred precinct, dedicated to a specific deity or spirit.

• 境けい内だいの片かた隅すみに、小ちいさな祠し堂どうがひっそりと建たっている。

  A small shrine stands quietly in a corner of the temple grounds.