{ } n. [ Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine. ] One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. [ Written also Sintu, and Sintuism. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[たゆう, tayuu](n) (1) (See 能太夫) high-ranking Noh actor; (2) head of a school of noh performance; (3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); (4) (See 浄瑠璃, 万歳・まんざい) joruri narrator; manzai narrator; (5) (See 女形) female role actor in kabuki; (6) (See 御師) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; (7) (太夫 only) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)#6515[Add to Longdo]