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<entry> <ent_seq>2409720</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>寺請制度</keb> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>てらうけせいど</reb> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&n;</pos> <misc>&hist;</misc> <gloss>terauke system</gloss> <gloss g_type="expl">system established by the Edo shogunate that required citizens to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist (i.e. non-Christian) faith</gloss> </sense> </entry>