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<keb>聖杖</keb>
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<r_ele>
<reb>せいじょう</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>holy staff</gloss>
<gloss>sacred staff</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2024-01-22 19:50:50" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Doesn't seem to be in any online kokugos.

encountered in anime with furigana in subtitles. せいじょう.(also on wiktionary)

a+b, but it's a word, it's fairly common as these kinds of niche terms go, and the pronunciation not altogether obvious. (I saw Japanese readers asking each other about it).</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>聖杖	3106	94.2%
職杖	192	5.8% &lt;-- random comparison for relevance. we have this: mace; (ceremonial) staff

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%81%96%E6%9D%96
聖せい杖じょう • (seijō 
(weaponry) A sacred staff, crook, crosier, sceptre; any such symbol(s) of office, holy power and authority, such as flail and crook.

Japanese puzzlement:
「聖杖」と書いて、なんとよむんでしょうか？
https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1317722748
「せいじょう」だと思います。


https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Holy_Staff_of_Biology
Japanese	生物学の聖杖

Vivid Sacred Staff, Andragius
https://cardfight.fandom.com/wiki/Vivid_Sacred_Staff,_Andragius?mobile-app=true&amp;theme=dark
鮮烈の聖杖 アンドラギウス

https://mario-4649.hatenadiary.jp/entry/rtdmagic
聖杖 Sacred Cane
初出はエルフィ(覚醒)。
特徴: 杖を中央に浮かせる。魔法物2のようなモーションでクルクル回った後に先端が輝

http://mysteryart.web.fc2.com/library/tarot/rw/tarwm1.html
In the Magician's right hand is a wand raised towards heaven, while the left hand is pointing to the earth.
魔術師の右手にある聖杖は天に揚げられており、一方、左手は地を指差している。
explanation added for above: ここでの「wand／聖杖」は、小アルカナの「棒」ではではなく、天からの力を引き降ろすための「魔法の杖」です。

Appears on about 15 wikipedia pages.  I see this page below, The Magician (tarot card), is actually the source for the previous quote:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%94%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB_(%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%88)

This site has many items, including several wands translated with 杖, but not 聖杖.
https://akurasu.net/wiki/Disgaea_D2/Staff_Items
Holy Goddess Staff	女神の聖杖

https://priconne.blogspot.com/2020/05/golden-week-campaign-free-weapon-set.html
Kamihana's Holy Staff (神花の聖杖)</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-01-28 05:06:51" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I guess so. Unidic doesn't have it as a morpheme. I think it's exclusively use in popular culture (manga, etc.)</upd_detl>
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