神前式(しんぜんしき)

しんぜんしき
noun
Shinto wedding ceremony
1. Shinto wedding ceremony
A wedding performed in a Shinto shrine before the gods, typically with the bride in a white kimono (白無垢(しろむく)) and the groom in formal hakama. Features rituals such as the three-cup sake exchange (三三九度(さんさんくど)).
祖父母(そふぼ)は神前式(しんぜんしき)で結婚(けっこん)した。
My grandparents had a Shinto wedding.
彼女(かのじょ)は神前式(しんぜんしき)を挙(あ)げたいと言(い)っている。
She says she wants to have a Shinto wedding.
神前式(しんぜんしき)は神社(じんじゃ)や結婚式場(けっこんしきじょう)内(ない)の神殿(しんでん)で行(おこな)われる。
Shinto weddings are held at shrines or in shrine halls inside wedding venues.

Compound of 神前(しんぜん) (before the gods) + 式(しき) (ceremony). The modern Shinto wedding format dates only to around 1900; before that, weddings were home ceremonies.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 神前式(しんぜんしき)を挙(あ)げる: to hold a Shinto wedding
  • 神前式(しんぜんしき)の衣装(いしょう): attire for a Shinto wedding
  • 神前式(しんぜんしき)の三三九度(さんさんくど): the three-cup sake ritual in a Shinto wedding

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 教会式(きょうかいしき): church wedding ceremony — Christian-style
  • 人前式(じんぜんしき): secular wedding ceremony — non-religious, performed before guests as witnesses
  • 仏前式(ぶつぜんしき): Buddhist wedding ceremony — much rarer
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