"Jinin" and "jinnin" are low-ranking Shinto priests and yoriudo who served families of Shinto priests who serve a shrine on the basis of hereditary in order to assist in shinji (Shinto rituals), clerical work at the shrine, and carry out chores in shrines during ancient and medieval times.
神人（じにん、じんにん）とは、古代から中世の神社において、社家に仕えて神事、社務の補助や雑役に当たった下級神職・寄人である。