Meaning of てらい in Japanese

Definition of てらい

てらい(terai) 【衒い】

てらいり(terairi) 【寺入り】

(n) to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school →Related words: 寺子屋
incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)