As for Sect Shinto, 'the way with the Kami (God) which was separated from "all sects of Shinto" is particularly called State Shinto, and persons of law and government practitioners have usually called it shrine for a long time,' and before World War II, simply speaking 'shrine' meant State Shinto which was managed by the state.
教派神道の「『神道各派』から区別された神ながらの道はとくに国家神道とも呼ばれるが、法律家や行政実務家は以前からそれを神社と呼ぶのが例」であり、第二次世界大戦前は単に「神社」といえば、国家に管理された国家神道のものをさした。