遷宮

せんぐう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine

Kanji

• 遷 transition. Read as セン.
• 宮 palace. Read as グウ.

Words containing 遷宮

• 式年遷宮 (しきねんせんぐう) construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time
• 遷宮祭 (せんぐうさい) transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)
• 式年遷宮祭 (しきねんせんぐうさい) fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

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Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists