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shinto
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shinto has 2 senses
- shinto(n = noun.group) Array - the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan; Array is a kind of faith, organized religion, religion
- shinto(n = noun.cognition) shintoism - the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors; Array is a kind of faith, religion, religious belief
Adjective shinto has 1 sense
- shinto(a = adj.pert) shintoist, shintoistic - relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; "Shinto temples"
CIDE DICTIONARY
shinto, n. [Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine.].
One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shinto, n. the official religion of Japan incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature-spirits.
Derivative
Shintoism n. Shintoist n.
Etymology
Jap. f. Chin. shen dao way of the gods
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