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Catholic vs Shinto - What's the difference?

catholic | shinto |

As adjectives the difference between catholic and shinto

is that catholic is of the western christian church, as differentiated from eg the orthodox church while shinto is of, or pertaining to, shintoism.

As a noun catholic

is a member of a catholic church.

As a proper noun shinto is

formerly the state religion of japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

catholic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Universal; all-encompassing.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.29:
  • Essentially, and in idea, the empire, in the minds of the Romans, was world-wide. This conception descended to the Church, which was ‘Catholic ’ in spite of Buddhists, Confucians, and (later) Muhammadans.
  • Pertaining to all kinds of people and their range of tastes, proclivities etc.; liberal.
  • He has catholic tastes.
  • Synonyms

    * universal

    shinto

    English

    (wikipedia Shinto)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
  • Derived terms

    * Shintoism * Shintoist * Shintoistic

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or pertaining to, Shintoism.
  • Anagrams

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