英语词汇“ancestor worship”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

C1. Chiefly Anthropology. As a modifier, used with reference to various religious practices or beliefs based on a devotion to one's ancestors, as ancestor cult, ancestor spirit, ancestor worship, etc.

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1817 tr. J. A. Dubois Descr. Char., Manners & Customs People of India ii. vii. 141 To this invocation of the gods, he subjoins that of the seven famous penitents, the five virgins, the ancestor gods, [etc.].

1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions iii. 204 In ancestor worship, how this our country has at all times vied with China, is no secret to any one.

1870 Church Missionary Intelligencer Apr. 122/2 The Taouist and Buddhist priests..discover, whilst engaged in their devotions, that some ancestor spirit belonging to a rich family of their acquaintance is in a state of purgatory.

1883 Academy 14 Apr. 249/3 A real domestic ancestor cult.

1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods iii. 47 The churingas or ‘ancestor stones’ of the modern Australian natives.

1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society p. xxi The misfortunes of life..are attributed to the punitive action of ancestor spirits.

1989 Canberra Times 14 Sept. (Good Times section) 12/1 Works of art are an essential link between everyday activities and the ancestor spirits of the Dreamtime.

2002 G. Betty Comanche Society 194 What most students of American Indians fail to understand is that ancestor worship..is at the root of all religious behavior.

单词	ancestor worship
释义	> as lemmas ancestor worship C1. Chiefly Anthropology. As a modifier, used with reference to various religious practices or beliefs based on a devotion to one's ancestors, as ancestor cult, ancestor spirit, ancestor worship, etc. ΚΠ 1817 tr. J. A. Dubois Descr. Char., Manners & Customs People of India ii. vii. 141 To this invocation of the gods, he subjoins that of the seven famous penitents, the five virgins, the ancestor gods, [etc.]. 1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions iii. 204 In ancestor worship, how this our country has at all times vied with China, is no secret to any one. 1870 Church Missionary Intelligencer Apr. 122/2 The Taouist and Buddhist priests..discover, whilst engaged in their devotions, that some ancestor spirit belonging to a rich family of their acquaintance is in a state of purgatory. 1883 Academy 14 Apr. 249/3 A real domestic ancestor cult. 1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods iii. 47 The churingas or ‘ancestor stones’ of the modern Australian natives. 1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society p. xxi The misfortunes of life..are attributed to the punitive action of ancestor spirits. 1989 Canberra Times 14 Sept. (Good Times section) 12/1 Works of art are an essential link between everyday activities and the ancestor spirits of the Dreamtime. 2002 G. Betty Comanche Society 194 What most students of American Indians fail to understand is that ancestor worship..is at the root of all religious behavior. extracted from ancestorn. < as lemmas
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