Shinto
Meanings
name
- Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
adj
- Of or pertaining to, Shintoism.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”).
Derived words
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