霊たま屋や

noun

mausoleum; temporary resting place for a corpse

Refers to a building or structure where a body is temporarily placed before burial or cremation, or a permanent mausoleum. The reading たまや is distinct from the more common びょう for 廟.

See also: 廟 (びょう)

• 葬そう儀ぎの前まえ、遺い体たいは霊たま屋やに安あん置ちされた。

  Before the funeral, the body was placed in the temporary resting place.

• この古ふるい霊たま屋やは江え戸ど時じ代だいに建たてられた。

  This old mausoleum was built in the Edo period.