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Shinto

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Noun

1. shinto

the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan

2. shinto, shintoism

the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors

Adjective

3. shinto, shintoist, shintoistic

relating to or characteristic of Shintoism

Example Sentences:
'Shinto temples'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shinto

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noun
the indigenous religion of Japan, polytheistic in character and incorporating the worship of a number of ethnic divinities, from the chief of which the emperor is believed to be descended

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Shinto

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noun
a principal religion of Japan, with emphasis upon the worship of nature and of ancestors and ancient heroes and upon the divinity of the emperor: prior to 1945, the state religion

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shinto

see synonyms of shinto
n.
A religion native to Japan, characterized by veneration of nature spirits and ancestors and by a lack of formal dogma.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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