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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