蛮ばん僧そう

noun

foreign priest; Western priest

Historical term, often derogatory, used for Christian missionaries or foreign clergy in pre-modern Japan. Rare in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、蛮ばん僧そうの来らい航こうは厳きびしく制せい限げんされていた。

  In the Edo period, the arrival of foreign priests was strictly restricted.