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Shintoism

noun
(Written also Sintu, and Sintuism)
1.
The ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors.  Synonym: Shinto.






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"Shintoism" Quotes from Famous Books



... very ancient epoch, and below the surface still remains, a religion of the heart. Whatever be the origin of its rites and traditions, its ethical spirit has become identified with all the deepest and best emotions of the race. Hence, in Izumo especially, the attempt to create a Buddhist Shintoism resulted only in the formation of ...
— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan • Lafcadio Hearn



Words linked to "Shintoism" :   Shinto, religion, faith, religious belief, Shintoist, Shintoistic



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