Shinto (definition)

(definition) by Webster 1913

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Shin"to (?), Shin"to*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.]