[syn: Shinto, Shintoist, Shintoistic]
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]
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]