单词 | odinist |
释义 | Odinistadj.n. A. adj. = Odinic adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Odinism > [adjective] Odinic1852 Odinian1854 Odinist1864 Odinitic1883 1864 F. P. Cobbe in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 310 The worst penalty of wickedness threatened by the Odinist religion. 1998 U.S. News & World Rep. (Electronic ed.) 5 Jan. Odinist practices include witchcraft and paganism, and the sect has gained a strong following among neo-Nazis and racist skinheads. 1999 Sociol. of Relig. (Electronic ed.) 15 July Àsatrù is an Odinist splinter group based on Norse paganism and is more concerned with the practice of shamanic magic than anti-government militancy. B. n. A worshipper of Odin; a person who practises Odinism. ΚΠ 1917 G. L. Beer English-speaking Peoples vii. 284 Opposing views might be cited, but they have as little political significance as have the sporadic utterances of English-speaking neo-Odinists. 1989 Times 5 May 13/4 Our ruling body..fully supports Odinists who seek to rectify the misrepresentation of our religious heritage. 1996 Daily Tel. 18 June 3/1 Odinists..believe the White Horse Stone is sacred because it marks the site of the Battle of Aylesford in AD445. 2000 Intell. Rep. Winter 7/2 Long-term Alabama Klansman and four-time felon Bill Riccio..became an Odinist after his last stay in prison. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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