遺い嘱しょく

noun

dying wish

A rare, formal term for a wish or instruction left to be fulfilled after one's death. In modern Japanese, 遺言 (ゆいごん) is the usual word for a will or testament.

• 遺い嘱しょくに従したがい、遺い産さんの一いち部ぶが故こ郷きょうの学がっ校こうに寄き付ふされた。

  In accordance with the dying wish, part of the estate was donated to a school in the hometown.