To deify or enshrine (often written 祀る): to place a deity or ancestor in a shrine and treat as a god.
この神社には地域の守り神が祀られている。
The guardian deity of the area is enshrined at this shrine.
先祖を祀るために毎年家で祭りを行う。
We hold a family ceremony every year to enshrine/commemorate our ancestors.
村人たちは古い山の神を祀ってきた。
Villagers have been enshrining the old mountain god.
To pray to or worship (a deity); to carry out rites of worship or veneration.
神棚に手を合わせて家族の健康を祀った。
I put my hands together at the household altar and prayed for my family's health.
彼らは毎年春に神を祭って豊作を願う儀式を行う。
Each spring they perform a ritual to worship the god and pray for a good harvest.
古い伝統では、英雄を神として祭ることもあった。
In old traditions, heroes were sometimes worshipped as gods.