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Shoten adj.
relig. The name given to priests equivalent to negi/gon-negi who serve in the shoten-shoku (court ritualists' department) of the imperial household agency. There are two ranks; shoten or ritualist, broadly equivalent to negi and shotenho, assistant ritualist equivalent to gon-negi. See Shinshoku A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (Brian Bocking)