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Religion
(3990 entries)
Grammatical Revolution In The Spirit
GRITS
Grand Bazar
GB
Graphical Revolution In The Spirit
GRITS
Great Awakening Prayer
GAP
Great Expectations Ministries
GEM
Great Omniscient Deity
GOD
Great Rewards In Devotion
GRID
Greater Minnesota Association of Evangelicals
GMAE
Greater Than Self
GTS
Greatness
G
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
GOA
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
GOAA
Group Investigating God
GIG
Group Resources And Christian Encouragement
GRACE
Groups Investigating God
GIG
Growing In God
GIG
Growth Recovery Advocacy And Support For Partners
GRASP
Guiding Light
GL
Guji
Chief priest of a shrine. The highest grade of Shinto priest apart from the
at Ise. After the
restoration the hereditary role of guji was abolished at a number of major shrines including the Ise jingu, Hie taisha, Kasuga taisha, Suwa taisha, Kamo-wake-ikazuchi-jinja and others, and the guji were thenceforth appointed by the government. However in many shrines the role of guji remains in practice hereditary. A guji may be responsible for a single shrine or several
(even as many as thirty)
small shrines. Guji enjoyed relatively high social status from the
restoration to 1945. In most shrines, except for the very large ones, the role of guji or
is a part-time occupation. See
Gyoretsu
A procession or parade at a Shinto festival, made up of various elements
(often in pairs)
such as priests, warriors or guardian deity figures
(
zuijin
)
torches
(
taimatsu
)
lanterns
(
chochin
)
floats
(
yatai
)
one or more
children or "virgins"
(chigo, otome)
and other features particular to the festival
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