Shinto

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Shinto
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; "Shinto
           temples" [syn: {Shinto}, {Shintoist}, {Shintoistic}]
    n 1: the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan
    2: the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal
       dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of
       ancestors [syn: {Shinto}, {Shintoism}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Shinto \Shin"to\, Shintiism \Shin"ti*ism\, n. [Chin. shin god +
   tao way, doctrine.]
   One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan.
   Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead
   heroes. [Written also {Sintu}, and {Sintuism}.]
   [1913 Webster]

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