单词 | river cult |
释义 | > as lemmasriver cult river cult n. a religious cult which venerates and attaches particular spiritual importance to rivers. ΚΠ 1899 Amer. Anthropologist 1 762 (title) The Cherokee River Cult. 1963 A. Baraka Blues People iv. 38 The priests of the river cults were among the most powerful and influential men in African society. 1965 W. H. Auden About House (1966) 29 Shrines where a subarctic fire-cult could meet and marry A river-cult from torrid Greece. 2000 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 100 481 One way..involves Roman governors' observing local river cults in hopes of enlisting the support of the land itself. < as lemmas |
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