Nunnery - Amadera

Japanese: 尼寺 - あまでら
Nunnery - Amadera
〘Noun〙① A temple where nuns live. Bikuni-dera (nunnery) . It can also refer to a monastery where Christian nuns live. ※Shoki (720) Before Jomei's accession to the throne, "Only his elder brother , Kezu , fled to the nunnery's tiled building and hid there ." ② The name of Tokei- ji Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. It was famous as a temple for breaking off ties. ※Zappai, Yanagi Taru-go (1770) "I went to Amadera and returned as myself."

Ni-ji [nunnery]

〘 noun 〙 A temple where nuns live. Amadera. ※Shoku Nihongi - Taiho 1st year (701), August, Koshin "Kanzeonji and Tsukushi-niji, enshrined in the first year of Taiho, 25 years old and above "

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Japanese:
〘名〙① 尼の住む寺。比丘尼寺(びくにでら)。キリスト教の修道女の住む修道院をもいうことがある。※書紀(720)舒明即位前「唯し兄子(このかみ)にあたる毛津のみ、尼寺の瓦舎(かはらや)に逃げ匿(かく)る」② 神奈川県鎌倉市の東慶寺の称。縁切寺として有名であった。※雑俳・柳多留‐五(1770)「あまでらに行って我身にして帰り」

に‐じ【尼寺】

〘名〙 尼(あま)の住む寺。あまでら。※続日本紀‐大宝元年(701)八月甲辰「観世音寺筑紫尼寺封、起大宝元年計満五歳

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