遷せん座ざ祭さい

noun

ceremony for moving a deity to a new site

A Shinto ritual performed when a deity's sacred object (shintai) is transferred to a new shrine building or location. Compare 遷宮祭, which is used specifically for the transfer of a shrine's main deity during periodic rebuilding.

See also: 遷座 (せんざ) · 遷宮祭 (せんぐうさい)

• 新しん社しゃ殿でんの完かん成せいに伴ともない、遷せん座ざ祭さいが執とり行おこなわれた。

  With the completion of the new shrine building, a ceremony for moving the deity was held.