Shintoist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 2 a believer in Shintoism wordnet
- 1 Of or pertaining to Shinto / Shintoism.
"From all accounts he was a hard-working idealist, who spared no pains to make converts, but his ascetic views must seem violently out of harmony with the Shintoist easy-going faith, which has for moral code the single maxim, "Follow your impulses and obey the Emperor.""
- 1 relating to or characteristic of Shintoism wordnet
Example
More examples"[…]; 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."
Etymology
From Shinto + -ist.
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