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Shinto

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shintoismnounThe Shinto religion of Japan.
shintoistnounAn adherent of Shinto / Shintoism.
shintoisticRelating to Shintoism.

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sectnounAn offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
sintonounA member of the Sinti ethnic group, especially a male member.
shintoonounArchaic form of Shinto (“Japanese religion”). [Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.]
sintunoun(South Africa) Synonym of Bantu.
sintoonounArchaic form of Shinto (“Japanese religion”). [Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.]
kaminoun(religion, Shinto) An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
tenrikyonounA monotheistic religion in Japan founded by Nakayama Miki in 1838.
shintainoun(Shinto) A physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.
ancestor worshipnoun(anthropology, religion) Veneration of the spirits of one’s ancestors.
kajishinnoun(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing
dojinnoun(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of earth, land or soil.
onmyodonounA traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.
arahitogaminoun(Shinto) A deity in human form in Shinto religion.
manismnounancestor-worship
tenjinnoun(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.
chinese folk religionnounThe diverse array of indigenous religious practices among Han Chinese communities, encompassing the veneration of ancestors, spirits, deities, and immortals, often syncretized with elements of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
shikigaminoun(Japanese mythology) A kind of ghost or spirit in Japanese folklore.
ōkuninushinoun(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good love matches.
ancestral shrinenounA temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese folk religion.
japanolatrynounAn admiration for Japan or items that reflect Japanese culture.

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