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shintai

shintai noun: a physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.

shintai: a physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository...
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Noun

shintai (plural shintai)

  1. A physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.
    • But Ryōtora had definitely moved a shintai during the makeshift festival – and it must have been Saiun-nushi’s, because Sekken couldn’t imagine the shugenja could call a kami into a foreign vessel without noticing.2021, Marie Brennan [pseudonym; Bryn Neuenschwander], chapter 18, in The Night Parade of 100 Demons (Legend of the Five Rings), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 211

Forms of shintai

pluralshintai

Origin of shintai

Borrowed from Japanese 神体(しんたい) (shintai).

Questions about shintai

What does shintai mean?
Shintai means a physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.
What part of speech is shintai?
Shintai is a noun.
What is the plural of shintai?
The plural of shintai is shintai.

Words near shintai in the dictionary

  1. shins out
  2. Shinsky
  3. Shinskys
  4. shinsplint
  5. shinsplints
  6. shintai
  7. shintaido
  8. shinties
  9. shintiyan
  10. shintiyans
  11. Shinto

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