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霊璽
れいじ
1. [n]
▶ something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1910350 御霊代 1. something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead
2. [n]
▶ imperial seal
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1270370 御璽 1. imperial seal; privy seal



History:
2. A 2023-02-17 21:43:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Most of the kokugos lead with the imperial seal sense. I wouldn't assume it's that rare a meaning.
  Diff:
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-<misc>&rare;</misc>
1. A* 2023-02-17 16:11:52  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
霊璽	2173
霊璽簿	1939

れい‐じ【霊璽】
https://kotobank.jp/word/霊璽-660993
〘名〙
① 天子の印章。御璽。
② =みたましろ(御霊代)

デジタル大辞泉「霊璽」の解説
れい‐じ【霊璽】
1 天子の印章。御璽ぎょじ。
2 神や死者の霊の代わりとして祭るもの。御霊代みたましろ。

霊璽(れいじ)とは、神道に則って故人を家庭で祀る際に、その御霊を移す依り代となるものです。仏教における位牌に相当するもので、御霊代(みたましろ)とも呼ばれます。霊璽には位牌における戒名と同様に霊号を文字入れし、仏壇に相当する祖霊舎(それいしゃ、みたまや)に安置します。
https://www.e-sogi.com/guide/13996/#:~:text=霊璽(れいじ)と,まや)に安置します。

The definition below is specifically as it pertains to the 霊璽簿 at the Yasukuni Shrine.
霊璽は霊代(たましろ・れいだい)とも言い、死者や神の霊の依り代として、あるいは印として祀るもののことです。
https://xn----kx8az2i36lupjdj1anga468t.jinja-tera-gosyuin-meguri.com/category/靖国神社・境内の見どころ/靖国神社「霊璽簿奉安殿」
  Comments:
There is an entry in this dictionary for 霊璽簿, "Book of Souls (in the Yasukuni Shrine)"/"book of the dead".

The last kanji is 簿 "register, record book", so I wondered what 霊璽 means.  Usually jmdictdb contains these kinds of prefixes, but this one was missing.

I only really care about definition [1], which is what is relevant here, but [[2] imperial seal] is clearly in the daijisen.  Given all the other terms for "Imperial seal", and the fact that the n-grams for 霊璽簿 are almost as high as for 霊璽, I am *guessing* that the "imperial seal" interpretation is rare.  I would not mind if it were not included.

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