Shinton.
/ˈʃɪntəʊ/, U.S. /ˈʃɪnˌtoʊ/ 1.
a. The native religious system of Japan, the central belief of which is that the mikado is the direct descendant of the sun-goddess and that implicit obedience is due to him.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Shinto > [noun]
Shinto1727
Shintoism1857
1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. 203 Sinto..is the Idol-worship, as of old established in the Country.
1776 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies I. 108 The sect of Xinto [Fr. Sintos].
a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 474/2 The first..Faith of the Japanese, is that of the Sin-to.
1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 282 The abolition of Buddhism and the establishment of pure Shinto.
1906 Athenæum 19 May 602/3 Of pure Shinto ancestor-worship was no part, while phallism in a very pronounced form was intimately associated with it.
b. attributive.
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1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. 207 The whole System of the Sintos Divinity.
1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. 207 The Sintosju or adherents of the Sintos Religion.
1776 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies I. 108 The Xinto sect. [Fr. Sintos].
a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 475/2 The Sin-syu, or maintainers of the Sin-to creed.
1880 E. J. Reed Japan I. 47 The worship of the Shinto gods.
1888 L. Oliphant Episodes (ed. 5) 222 Two Buddhist or Sintoo shrines, perched upon pinnacles of rock.
c. adj. = Shintoistic adj.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Shinto > [adjective]
Shintoistic1893
Shinto1904
1904 D. B. W. Sladen Playing the Game i. xii The idea of the Kami..was Shinto rather than Buddhistic.
2. An adherent of Shinto beliefs.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Shinto > [noun] > person
Shintoist1727
Shintoa1832
a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 477/1 The Gods worshipped by the Sin-tos are principally..departed Spirits deified.
187. Amer. Cycl. IX. 537 (Cass.) The Shintos believe in a past life, and they live in fear and reverence of the spirits of the dead.
Derivatives
ˈShintoism n. = sense 1.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Shinto > [noun]
Shinto1727
Shintoism1857
1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan xiv. 337 The prevailing religions of the Japanese are Buddhism and Sintooism.
1863 Chamb. Encycl. V. 686/1 The minor deities of Sintuism are very numerous.
1889 E. Arnold Seas & Lands (1895) xiv. 218 Pure Shintoism does not admit of any external decoration or images.
ˈShintoist n. = sense 2.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Shinto > [noun] > person
Shintoist1727
Shintoa1832
1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. 226 Orthodox Sintoists go in Pilgrimage to Isje once a year.
1776 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies I. 108 The deity of the Xintoists [Fr. Sintoistes].
1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 296 Buddhism..and the bakufu were, in the eyes of a Shintoist, all one and the same.
Shintoˈistic adj. belonging to or characteristic of Shinto.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Shinto > [adjective]
Shintoistic1893
Shinto1904
1893 in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. I. 453 A pilgrimage to various..Shintoistic and Buddhistic temples.
ˈShintoize v. transitive, to render Shintoistic.
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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Shinto > make Shinto [verb (transitive)]
Shintoize1895
1895 W. E. Griffis Relig. Japan vii. 212 Is Japanese Buddhism really Shintoized Buddhism, or Buddhaized Shinto?
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