禊ぎ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 禊ぎ – see the following entry.

【禊みそぎ】H [noun] (Shinto) a form of ritual purification performed with water; compare English ablution [noun] (Shinto, particularly) a purification ritual held in shrines on the last day of the sixth lunar month [verb] to perform ritual purification or ablutions on someone [proper noun] a female given name

(This term, 禊ぎ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)