分ぶん霊れい

noun

division of a shrine's deity; divided spirit

Shinto term: the act of dividing a tutelary deity's spirit to enshrine it in another location, or the divided spirit itself. Often used in the context of branch shrines.

• この神じん社じゃの分ぶん霊れいを新あたらしい社やしろに祀まつった。