noun
vegetarian food; Buddhist vegetarian cuisine
Refers to food prepared without meat or fish, following Buddhist dietary principles. Often used in the context of temple cuisine (精進料理). The reading そうじもの is obsolete.
See also: 生臭物
精進物は肉や魚を使わずに作られます。
Shōjinmono is made without using meat or fish.
お寺
I had vegetarian food at the temple.
From 精進 (shōjin, 'devotion' or 'abstinence' in a Buddhist context) + 物 (mono, 'thing'). The reading そうじもの is an older, now obsolete variant.