Shinto (adj.)

  1. relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; Shinto temples

    [ Syn: shinto , shintoist , shintoistic ]

    Shinto (n.)

  1. the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan

    [ Syn: shinto ]

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

    [ Syn: shinto , shintoism ]

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