Definition of Shinto. Meaning of Shinto. Synonyms of Shinto

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Definition of Shinto

Shinto
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.]

Meaning of Shinto from wikipedia

- Shinto (神道, Shintō, ****anese pronunciation: [ɕiꜜn.toː]), also called Shintoism, is a religion originating in ****an. classified as an East Asian religion...
- A Shinto shrine (神社, jinja, archaic: shinsha, meaning: 'kami shrine') is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami, the...
- Shinto-ryu can refer to several styles of classical ****anese swordsmanship used by the samurai: Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū Kashima Shintō-ryū Kasumi...
- spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the traditional Shinto religion of ****an. Kami can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature...
- State Shintō (国家神道 or 國家神道, Kokka Shintō) was Imperial ****an's ideological use of the ****anese folk religion and traditions of Shinto.: 547  The state...
- Look up Shinto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shinto is the native religion of ****an and was once its state religion. Shinto or Shintō may also refer...
- Shinto." Modern organizations include Shinto Taiseikyo, Shinto Shusei, and Tsuchimikado Shinto. Suika Shinto was a major school of Confucian Shinto....
- citizens follow Shinto, only some 3% identify as Shinto in surveys, because the term is understood to imply membership of organized Shinto sects. Some identify...
- native to ****anese beliefs and religious traditions. Many of these are from Shinto, while others were imported via Buddhism and were "integrated" into ****anese...
- eighth and fourteenth centuries, Shinto was nearly totally absorbed by Buddhism, becoming known as Ryōbu Shinto (Dual Shinto). The Mongol invasions in the...