sub-temple; affiliated temple
A smaller temple that is administratively or historically linked to a larger main temple. Used in Buddhist contexts.
この脇寺は本山の管理下にある。
This sub-temple is under the administration of the head temple.
Compound of 脇 (わき, 'side') and 寺 (てら, 'temple'), literally 'side temple'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with a subordinate temple.