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。

  They enshrined a divided spirit from this shrine in the new shrine.

• 分ぶん霊れいの儀ぎ式しきは神しん職しょくによって執とり行おこなわれる。

  The ceremony of dividing the deity's spirit is performed by Shinto priests.