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Shinto Definition

Shinto (s̸hin′tō)

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

Etymology: Jpn shintō, shindō < SinoJpn shin, god (< Chin shen) + tō, dō, way

Shinto Related Forms
Shin′·to·ism′ noun Shin′·to·ist noun, adjective Shin′·to·is′·tic adjective