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单词 folk religion
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folk religion
folk religion n. the spiritual beliefs and practices particular to a community, which are not affiliated with any major religious institution; (also) a specific form of this.Folk religions are often syncretic in nature, and many incorporate elements of one or more major religion.
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1884 ‘J. G. Taylire’ Ye Lateste D'evil xxii. 107 The Count took the wonderful document [sc. a certificate of baptism he had purchased] and departed, marvelling at the economy of folk religion.
1909 W. Y. Evans-Wentz Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries (1911) ii. 22 The Fairy-Faith as the folk-religion of the Celtic peoples is still able to count its adherents by hundreds of thousands.
1968 L. Schulberg Hist. India v. 105/2 Still other carvings were derived from Indian folk religions, and include the tree-spirits and fertility figures worshiped in pre-Hindu times by the Dravidians.
2004 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 27 Nov. p8 While most Haitians practise Christianity, they can't cut their connection to Voodoo, the folk religion that combines elements of traditional African religions and Roman Catholicism.
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