Shingon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Shingon
1895–1900; < Japanese < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zhēnyán truth(-speaking)
Example Sentences
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Daniel Kimura, 30, an official Shingon priest who was born in the United States but has lived in Japan for about 15 years, owned up to the negative replies.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2018
All your Shingon chants and invocations and miracles he has faith in.
From The Dragon Painter by Fenollosa, Mary McNeil
The principal of the sects now existing in Japan are the Tendai, Shingon Yoko and Ken, all of which, I may observe, are of Chinese origin.
From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)
But the mirror of metal commonly placed before the public gaze in a Shinto shrine is not really of Shinto origin, but was introduced into Japan as a Buddhist symbol of the Shingon sect.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
The outlying sacred place—three buildings in one enclosure of bamboo fences—belongs to the Shingon sect.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
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