潔けっ斎さい

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

purification; religious abstinence

Refers to ritual purification or abstinence, especially in Shinto or Buddhist contexts, often involving fasting, bathing, or avoiding certain activities before a sacred event.

• 神かん主ぬしは祭まつりの前まえに潔けっ斎さいした。

  The Shinto priest purified himself before the festival.

• 潔けっ斎さいのため、肉にくを断たった。

  For purification, I abstained from meat.