shinto

noun

1. Also Shin·to·ism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.

adjective

2. Also Shin·to·is·tic. of, relating to, or characteristic of Shinto.

noun

1. the indigenous religion of Japan, polytheistic in character and incorporating the worship of a number of ethnic divinities, from the chief of which the emperor is believed to be descended

n.native religious system of Japan, 1727, from Chinese shin tao “way of the gods,” from shin “god, gods, spirit” + tao “way, path, doctrine.” Related: Shintoism.