Definition of Hachiman

1. Noun. A Shinto god of war.

Generic synonyms: Japanese Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hachiman

Haber
Haber's syndrome
Haber-Bosch process
Haber-Weiss reaction
Haber process
Habermasian
Habiganj District
Hablot Knight Browne
Habronema
Habronema majus
Habronema megastoma
Habronema microstoma
Habronema muscae
Habs
Habsburg
Hachiman (current term)
Hackelia
Hackintosh
Hackintoshes
Hackney
Hacky-Sack
Hacky-Sacks
Had crime
Hadcock
Haddy
Hadean
Hadean aeon
Hadean eon
Hadean time
Hades

Literary usage of Hachiman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law Applied to the Russo-Japanese War: With the Decisions of by Sakuyé Takahashi (1908)
"T'Af Sinking of the Japanese Sailing Ship, Hachiman Maru No. ... locality concerned, which are substantially as below: The sailing ship Hachiman Maru A'o. ..."

2. A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1918)
"... it has only the outward semblance of divinity and is deaf to all human entreaties. On that same day we visited the temple of Hachiman, the god of war ..."

3. In Japan: Pilgrimages to the Shrines of Art by Gaston Migeon (1908)
"... Temple of Hachiman —The Dai-Butsu. ONE of the melancholy features of walks in Japan arises from the perishable nature of its wooden architecture. ..."

4. The Political Philosophy of Modern Shintō: A Study of the State Religion of by Daniel Clarence Holtom (1922)
"In the above Hachiman shrines, dedicated to the worship of Chuai Tenno, ... The multiplication of the number of Hachiman shrines of high rank by the ..."

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