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Definition of Shito

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

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

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
  • Pertaining to Shintoism.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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