shinto Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan
  2. noun the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors
    Shintoism.
  3. adjective relating to or characteristic of Shintoism
    Shintoistic; Shintoist.
    • Shinto temples

WordNet

Shin"to, Shin"ti*ism noun (Also<
  • Shinto
  • Shintiism
)
Etymology
Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913