式神

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Abe no Seimei and his shikigami, (bottom right,) whom with which they all say grace before an assembly of God-like demon spirits

Compound of 式 ‎(shiki, “ceremony”) +‎ 神 ‎(kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami due to rendaku (連濁).

Alternately, compound of 式 ‎(shiki, “ceremony”) +‎ 神 ‎(jin, “god, spirit”).

式神 ‎(hiragana しきがみ, romaji shikigami, alternative reading しきじん, romaji shikijin)

A kind of familiar spirit, summoned-up in service as a servant to the will of a practitioner of the onmyōdō (陰陽道) religion, very much like a western familiar.