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Sintoist

Sintoist is the dated form of Shintoist.

Meaning of Shintoist

Noun

Shintoist (plural Shintoists)

  1. An adherent of Shinto / Shintoism.
    • […]; and the modern Shintoist concludes that the primæval Japanese were pure and holy from the fact that they are represented as a people who had no moral commandments.1900, Edward Westermarck, “Remarks on the Predicates of Moral Judgments”, in Mind, volume 9, page 187

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Forms of Sintoist

pluralSintoists

Origin of Sintoist

From Sinto + -ist.

Questions about Sintoist

What is Sintoist the dated form of?
Sintoist is the dated form of Shintoist.

Words near Sintoist in the dictionary

  1. sintirs
  2. Sintitikes
  3. Sinto
  4. sintoc
  5. Sintoism
  6. Sintoist
  7. Sintoists
  8. sintokamide
  9. sintokamides
  10. sintomatology
  11. Sinton

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