奉ほう奠てん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

humbly presenting; reverently offering

Formal, ceremonial term used in Shinto rituals for respectfully offering something to a deity. Most commonly encountered in the fixed phrase 玉串奉奠 (たまぐしほうてん), the offering of a sacred sakaki branch.

See also: 玉串奉奠

• 神しん前ぜんで玉たま串ぐし奉ほう奠てんを行おこなった。

  We performed the tamagushi-hōten offering before the deity.

• 祝詞のりとを奏そう上じょうした後あと、神しん饌せんを奉ほう奠てんする。

  After reciting the norito prayer, we reverently offer the sacred food.