禰宜

ねぎ

Also written 祢宜

Meanings

1. Noun senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest) See also: 宮司 (ぐうじ). See also: 権宮司 (ごんぐうじ).
2. priest (below chief priest and above junior priest) (under the old system) See also: 神主 (かんぬし). See also: 祝い (いわい).
3. grasshopper; locust See also: バッタ.

Kanji

• 禰 ancestral shrine. Read as ネ.
• 宜 fitting. Read as ギ.

Words containing 禰宜

• 権禰宜 (ごんねぎ) junior priest

Word lists

• Shinto

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