Shinto

adj : relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; "Shinto temples"

[syn: {Shinto}, {Shintoist}, {Shintoistic}]

n 1: the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan [syn: {Shinto}]

2: the indigenous polytheistic religion of Japan lacking

organized teachings; primarily nature and ancestor worship

including a chief deity from whom the emperor is believed

to be descended [syn: {Shinto}, {Shintoism}]