瞑めい目もく合がっ掌しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

closing one's eyes and joining one's hands in prayer

A formal, often Buddhist-influenced gesture of prayer or reverence. Used in solemn contexts such as funerals, memorials, or deep personal prayer.

• 僧そう侶りょは瞑めい目もく合がっ掌しょうして読経どきょうを始はじめた。

  The monk closed his eyes, joined his hands in prayer, and began chanting sutras.

• 仏ぶつ壇だんの前まえで瞑めい目もく合がっ掌しょうし、故こ人じんを偲しのんだ。

  I closed my eyes and put my hands together in prayer before the family altar, remembering the deceased.