1. shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrineShinto
2. ShintaiIn Shinto, shintai, or go-shintai (御神体, sacred body of the kami) when the honorific prefix go- is used, are physical objects worshiped at or near Shinto shrines as repositories in which spirits or kami reside. Shintai used in Shrine Shinto (Jinja Shinto) can be also called mitamashiro . In spite of what their name may suggest, shintai are not themselves part of kami, but rather just temporary repositories which make them accessible to human beings for worship.
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