noun

  1. to enroll in a temple school, child enrolled in a temple school.
  2. incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods).
  3. to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
寺入り てらいり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)
enter, insert
い.る はい.る ニュウ (1st, N5)