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Shinto
Shin·to [ shíntō ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Japanese religion: a Japanese religion in which devotees worship and make offerings to numerous gods and spirits associated with the natural world
[Early 18th century. < Japanese shintō< shin "gods" (< Middle Chinese) + tō "way" (< Middle Chinese daw')]

Shin·to·ism noun
Shin·to·ist noun, adjective
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