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Terms for subject 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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