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A priest or religious official who conducts a libation ritual, in which a drink is poured as an offering to a divinity or ancestor. / A Taoist religious office analogous to that of parish priest.

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libationer

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libationer

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A priest or religious official who conducts a libation ritual, in which a drink is poured as an offering to a divinity or ancestor. / A Taoist religious office analogous to that of parish priest.

Japanese Meaning

リベーションの儀式を行い、神又は先祖に飲み物を供えるための宗教儀式を実施する司祭あるいは宗教関係者。 / 道教における、地域の宗教指導者で、教区司祭に相当する役職の人物。

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夜明けに、献酒を行う祭司は祭壇へ行き、祖先への捧げ物として杯に酒を注いだ。

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That the libation was the all-important element at this ceremony is further illustrated by the fact that a regular attribute of Isis as the chief officiant thereat is ḳbḥ∙ t “the (female) libationer” (id., pp. 13, 55, 56).

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A Taoist religious office analogous to that of parish priest.

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The head of the Chinese Imperial College (Han dynasty through the Qing dynasty), and, by extension, any of the most highly respected scholars during that time period.