陪堂ほいとう

noun

being served food outside the meditation hall (Zen)

Only when written 陪堂 · Only with reading ほいとう

Archaic Zen Buddhist term. Refers to the practice of receiving food outside the main meditation hall, a specific monastic custom.

• 古ふるい禅ぜん寺でらの記き録ろくに「陪堂ほいとう」の語ごが見みえる。

  The word 陪堂 appears in old Zen temple records.

noun

serving food; food served (archaic Zen)

Only when written 陪堂 · Only with reading ほいとう

Archaic; broader sense of serving or providing food, derived from the Zen context. Rarely used outside historical or religious texts.

• 陪堂ほいとうの習しゅう慣かんは禅ぜん宗しゅうの古ふるい儀ぎ礼れいの一いち部ぶだった。

  The custom of 陪堂 was part of old Zen Buddhist rituals.

noun

begging; beggar (archaic)

Only with reading ほいと

Archaic term for begging or a beggar. The reading ほいと is used for this sense, and the kanji forms 乞児 and 乞食 are rare historical spellings.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんに「乞児ほいと」という表ひょう記きが見みられる。

  The spelling 乞児 can be found in Edo-period documents.