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寺入り [てらいり] /(n) (1) (See 寺子屋) (hist) enrolling in a temple school/child enrolled in a temple school/(n) (2) (hist) incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)/(n) (3) going to a temple to repent/EntL2191860/