神じん祇ぎ官かん

noun

Department of Divinities (1868-1871)

Only with reading じんぎかん

A short-lived government department during the early Meiji period, responsible for Shintō affairs. Obsolete term.

• 神じん祇ぎ官かんは明めい治じ政せい府ふの初しょ期きに設せっ置ちされたが、すぐに廃はい止しされた。

  The Department of Divinities was established in the early Meiji government but was soon abolished.

noun

Department of Worship (ritsuryō system)

Historical term for the office in charge of Shintō rituals under the ancient ritsuryō legal codes.

See also: 律令制

• 律りつ令りょう制せいのもとで、神じん祇ぎ官かんは祭さい祀しを司つかさどる重じゅう要ような役やく所しょだった。

  Under the ritsuryō system, the Department of Worship was an important office overseeing religious ceremonies.