'Shinto' definitions:

Definition of 'Shinto'

From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; "Shinto temples" [syn: Shinto, Shintoist, Shintoistic]
noun
The native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan
noun
The ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors [syn: Shinto, Shintoism]

Definition of 'Shinto'

From: GCIDE
  • Shinto \Shin"to\, Shintiism \Shin"ti*ism\, 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. [Written also Sintu, and Sintuism.] [1913 Webster]

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