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ALL meanings of shinto

Shin·to
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  • noun shinto Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship. 1
  • adjective shinto Also, Shintoistic. of, relating to, or characteristic of Shinto. 1
  • uncountable noun shinto Shinto is the traditional religion of Japan. 0
  • noun shinto 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 0
  • noun shinto 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 0
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