神人

Noun

 * 1)  god; deity; spiritual being; immortal
 * 2)  gods and humans
 * 3)  man of great talent
 * 1)  man of great talent

Etymology 1
From compound. The reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Replaced by the jinin reading.

Noun

 * 1)  a low-ranking position at a shrine, helping to conduct the yearly ceremonies and patrolling the grounds, among other responsibilities

Etymology 2
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Change in pronunciation from jinnin. Now the more common reading.

Noun

 * 1) from the  through the, a low-ranking position at a shrine, helping to conduct the yearly ceremonies and patrolling the grounds, among other responsibilities
 * In the late, the jinin position was useful for the protection offered by shrine authority, and mass demonstrations were held to press for various governmental changes, much as were held by Buddhist monks. Starting from the , lay people such as merchants or performers would subordinate to a shrine as jinin for purposes of exemption from various taxes or corvee labor requirements.

Etymology 3
From compound. The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Noun

 * 1) gods and humans
 * 2) a person of god-like nobility
 * 3) a person with mystical or god-like power
 * 4)  alternate for jinin above: a low-ranking position at a shrine, helping to conduct the yearly ceremonies and patrolling the grounds, among other responsibilities

Derived terms

 * : a belief or perspective that applies human or human-like qualities to gods and/or spirits, as a kind of personification

Proper noun

 * 1)  Jesus, Jesus Christ

Etymology 4
Compound of.

Noun

 * 1)  a priest
 * 2) * (text here):

Etymology 5
From, in turn from.