県けん社しゃ

noun

prefectural shrine

A Shinto shrine of prefectural rank under the pre-war shrine ranking system, excluding Kyoto and Osaka prefectures. Now a historical term.

• この県けん社しゃは江え戸ど時じ代だいから地ち域いきの信しん仰こうを集あつめてきた。

  This prefectural shrine has attracted local devotion since the Edo period.