祖霊

それい

Meanings

1. Noun ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors
2. collective ancestral spirit (i.e.: (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together)

Kanji

• 祖 ancestor. Read as ソ.
• 霊 ghost. Read as レイ.

Words containing 祖霊

• 祖霊舎 (それいしゃ) shrine for worshiping the spirits of ancestors

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