禊みそぎ

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

purification ceremony; ritual cleansing with water

A Shinto practice of washing away impurity (穢れ) in water, often in a river or the sea. Can also refer to spiritual purification more broadly.

• 神じん社じゃでみそぎをしてから参さん拝ぱいした。

  I performed a purification ritual at the shrine before praying.

• 夏なつの海うみでみそぎをする行ぎょう事じがある。

  There is an event where people perform misogi in the sea in summer.