Associations to the word «Shinto»

Wiktionary

SHINTO, proper noun. Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
SHINTO, adjective. Of or pertaining to, Shintoism.
SHINTŌ, proper noun. Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

Dictionary definition

SHINTO, noun. The native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan.
SHINTO, noun. The ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors.
SHINTO, adjective. Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; "Shinto temples".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca