Sintoo
Sintoo is the archaic form of Shinto.
Meaning of Shinto
Proper noun
Shinto
- Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
- The number of Shinto deities is very great. The Yengishiki enumerates 3,132 officially recognized shrines, and although the same Gods are reckoned more than once, as being worshipped in different places, still their name is legion.1905, W.G. Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, page 66
Questions about Sintoo
- What is Sintoo the archaic form of?
- Sintoo is the archaic form of Shinto.
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