斎さい主しゅ

noun

master of religious ceremonies; chief priest at a Shinto ritual

Refers to the person who presides over a Shinto ceremony or festival, leading the rites and offerings.

• 神じん社じゃの例れい祭さいでは、斎さい主しゅが祝詞のりとを奏そう上じょうする。

  At the shrine's annual festival, the master of ceremonies intones the norito prayer.