The divorce temple was a convent, which was a safehouse for women seeking a divorce in those days when women had no right to obtain a divorce from their husbands; once a wife fled into there, she can obtain a divorce from her husband.
縁切寺（えんきりでら）とは、女性の側からの離婚が困難であった当時、そこに駆け込むことによって離婚が達成される尼寺である。