祖そ神しん

noun

ancestral deity; deified ancestor

Refers to an ancestor who is worshipped as a god, often in Shinto or folk contexts.

• その村むらでは祖そ神しんを祀まつる祭まつりが毎まい年とし行おこなわれる。

  In that village, a festival to worship the ancestral deity is held every year.