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Definition of Shinto noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Shinto

noun
 
/ˈʃɪntəʊ/
 
/ˈʃɪntəʊ/
(also Shintoism
 
/ˈʃɪntəʊɪzəm/
 
/ˈʃɪntəʊɪzəm/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. a Japanese religion whose practices include the worship of ancestors and a belief in nature spiritsTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word OriginJapanese, from Chinese shen dao ‘way of the gods’.
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