1. (

• Shinto

) the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan ;

2. (

• Shinto ,
• Shintoism

) the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors ;

1. (

• Shinto ,
• Shintoist ,
• Shintoistic

) relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; "Shinto temples" ;