| 释义 |
Shinto|ˈʃɪntəʊ|
Also Sin-to, Sintu, -oo.
[Japanese, f. Chinese shin tao way of the gods.]
1. The native religious system of Japan, the central belief of which is that the mikado is the direct descendant of the sun-goddess and that implicit obedience is due to him.
1727tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. 203 Sinto..is the Idol-worship, as of old established in the Country. 1829Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 474/2 The first..Faith of the Japanese, is that of the Sin-to. 1875N. Amer. Rev. CXX. 282 The abolition of Buddhism and the establishment of pure Shinto. 1906Athenæum 19 May 602/3 Of pure Shinto ancestor-worship was no part, while phallism in a very pronounced form was intimately associated with it.
b. attrib.
1727tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. 207 The whole System of the Sintos Divinity. Ibid., The Sintosju or adherents of the Sintos Religion. 1829Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 475/2 The Sin-syu, or maintainers of the Sin-to creed. 1880E. J. Reed Japan I. 47 The worship of the Shinto gods. 1888L. Oliphant Epis. in Adv. 222 Two Buddhist or Sintoo shrines, perched upon pinnacles of rock.
c. adj. = shintoistic.
1904Sladen Playing the Game i. xii, The idea of the Kami..was Shinto rather than Buddhistic.
2. An adherent of Shinto beliefs.
1829Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 477/1 The Gods worshipped by the Sin-tos are principally..departed Spirits deified. 187.Ripley & Dana Amer. Cycl. IX. 537 (Cass.) The Shintos believe in a past life, and they live in fear and reverence of the spirits of the dead.
Hence ˈShintoism = Shinto 1; ˈShintoist = Shinto 2; Shintoˈistic a., belonging to or characteristic of Shinto; ˈShintoize v., trans., to render Shintoistic.
1727tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. 226 Orthodox Sintoists go in Pilgrimage to Isje once a year. 1857R. Tomes Amer. in Japan xiv. 337 The prevailing religions of the Japanese are Buddhism and Sintooism. 1863Chamb. Encycl. V. 686/1 The minor deities of Sintuism are very numerous. 1875N. Amer. Rev. CXX. 296 Buddhism..and the bakufu were, in the eyes of a Shintoist, all one and the same. 1889E. Arnold Seas & Lands xiv. (1895) 218 Pure Shintoism does not admit of any external decoration or images. 1893in Barrows World's Parl. Relig. I. 453 A pilgrimage to various..Shintoistic and Buddhistic temples. 1895W. E. Griffis Relig. Japan vii. 212 Is Japanese Buddhism really Shintoized Buddhism, or Buddhaized Shinto? |