Jinaicho (also called Jinaimachi) refers to self-governing communities formed during the Muromachi period, which centered on the Buddhist temples of the Jodo Shinshu (the True Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) and training seminaries (gobo).
寺内町（じないちょう、じないまち）とは、室町時代に浄土真宗などの仏教寺院、道場（御坊）を中心に形成された自治集落のこと。