講こう中じゅう

noun

religious association; confraternity

A historical or traditional group formed around a shared religious devotion, often to a particular temple, shrine, or pilgrimage. The term is not common in modern everyday conversation but appears in historical and cultural contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐうへの参さん拝ぱいを目もく的てきとした講こう中じゅうが各かく地ちに組そ織しきされた。

  During the Edo period, religious associations aimed at visiting Ise Shrine were organized in various regions.