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Shinto (iou)



Shinto noun & adjective. E18.
[Japanese, shin gods + to way.]
A. noun. Pl. (rare) -os.
A religious system incorporating the worship of ancestors, nature-spirits and other divinities, and (until 1945) a belief in the divinity of the Japanese emperor, until 1945 the State religion of Japan. E18.
= Shintoist. rare. E19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating Shinto. E18.
Shintoism noun = SHINTO 1 M19.
Shintoist noun an adherent of Shinto E18.
Shintoistic adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Shinto L19.