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