Shinto
noun/ˈʃɪntəʊ/
/ˈʃɪntəʊ/
(also Shintoism
[uncountable]/ˈʃɪntəʊɪzəm/
/ˈʃɪntəʊɪzəm/
)- a Japanese religion whose practices include the worship of ancestors and a belief in nature spiritsTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word OriginJapanese, from Chinese shen dao ‘way of the gods’.
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