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Webster 1913 Edition

Shintiism

{

Shin′to

,

Shin′ti-ism

, }

Noun.

[Chin.

shin

god +

tao

way, doctrine.]

One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes.

[Written also

Sintu

, and

Sintuism

.]