合がっ掌しょう礼らい拝はい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

join one's hands in prayer; pray with hands together

A formal or religious act of pressing the palms together in prayer or worship. Often used in Buddhist or spiritual contexts.

• 彼かれは仏ぶつ壇だんの前まえで合がっ掌しょう礼らい拝はいした。

  He joined his hands in prayer before the Buddhist altar.

• 合がっ掌しょう礼らい拝はいは多おおくの宗しゅう教きょうで見みられる所しょ作さだ。

  Joining one's hands in prayer is a gesture seen in many religions.