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Terms for subject Religion (3849 entries)

Saint John Neumann	SJN
Saint John's Abbey of the Order of Saint Benedict	SJA
Saint John's Episcopal Cathedral	SJC
Saint Johns Parish	SJP
Saint Martin's Lutheran Church	SMLC
Saint Michael's World Apostolate	SMWA
Saint Peter	SP
Saints Evangelizing All Lost Souls	SEALS
Saints John and Paul	SJP
Saio	Unmarried princess dedicated to a shrine. A saio forms part of the costumed procession at the Aoi matsuri. See
Saisei itchi	Unity of rites and government. A principle adopted at the time of the Taika reforms in 645 within the system to emphasise the sacral character of imperial rule. It expressed the idea that government (sei) should not be separate from religion in the sense of sacred state ritual (sai) The slogan was resurrected in the period to underpin modernising reforms. See Shinto
Saisen	Coins offered to the kami. They are usually thrown into the offertory box (saisen-bako) which may be located at the shrine or, in a portable version, taken on the shinko-shiki. At the of the Nishininomiya Ebisu shrine near Osaka, worshippers press coins into a large fresh tuna provided for the purpose. See
Saishi	The Sino-Japanese term for
Saishu	'Chief of the matsuri', also Itsuki-no-miya (princess dedicated to the kami) The highest priestly office now found only at the Jingu and since 1945 held by a female member of the imperial family in partial imitation of early practices recorded in the Engishiki where an unmarried princess (saigu) served as mitsue-shiro or medium (for the kami) Throughout most of Japanese history, from the to the periods the position at Ise was held by a male representative of the and from 1868-1945 by a male member of the imperial family
Saiten	A term used for in the inclusive sense of both solemn rites (saigi) and communal celebrations
Sakaki	Sacred tree. The character for sakaki is made up of "tree" plus 'kami'. It is used for a variety of purposes in Shinto ritual, e.g. for Sakaki generally means cleyera ochnacea or theacea (japonica) It is an evergreen bushy shrub with dark, narrow glossy leaves about 3 metres in height and depth. It bears small, fragrant saucer-shaped white flowers in early-mid summer and small black fruits. Sakaki may also refer to species of pine, cryptomeria (cedar) and oak. Sakaki is mentioned in the as a tree set up and strung with jewels, a mirror and cloth offerings or nusa, cut paper. At the Izushi jinja, Hyogo prefecture, 'pure fire" is made by rubbing sakaki and wood together. Sometimes artificial sakaki leaves are used for decoration or a local more prolific evergreen such as shiba
saké	Rice wine. It is universally used as a ritual offering to the shrine and then distributed among the participants. Carefully prepared forms of sake often with special names (e.g. kuroki) are offered to the kami in solemn rites and the consecrated offering is then drunk by priests and participants. In addition larger containers of sake are often donated by local businesses etc. as offerings and contributions to a Offering of sake to the kami is usually followed by the consumption of liberal quantities of sake by participants during the more energetic and entertaining parts of a matsuri. The drinking of sake is always in practice an important element in festivals but in some cases sake-drinking is the official theme of the festival itself. An example is the Shirakawa-mura doburoku matsuri, held on October 10-19 at the Shirakawa Hachiman-gu, Gifu. "Doburoku" is the local home-brew, drunk to celebrate the harvest along with displays of banners, an eight-legged lion dance (shishi-mai) performances and a parade of In the niramekko obisha (staring-game contest) held at the Komagata jinja, Chiba on January 20th two sake drinkers drink while staring at each other; the first one to laugh is the loser. Several shrines are dedicated to the kami of sake-brewing, most important among them is the taisha in Kyoto
Sakimitama	An aspect of nigi-mitama. See
Salvation and Deliverance Church of Connecticut	SDCC
Salvation Of Souls	SOS