单词 | sabaism |
释义 | Sabaismn. The worship of ‘the host of heaven’; star-worship. Also sometimes used for Sabianism n. in its various historical applications. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of heavenly bodies star worship1572 Sabaism1669 astrolatry1678 uranolatry1706 Sabianism1788 uranotheism1801 Atenism1925 planetolatrya1963 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. i. 3 Zabaisme,..gave a Deitie..to the Sun, Moon, and Stars. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Sabaism consisted in the Worship and Adoration of the Stars. 1748 T. Blackwell Lett. conc. Mythol. 364 That Religion which is still known under the Name of Zabiism among the Eastern Writers. 1775 J. Bryant New Syst. (ed. 2) II. 443 Addicted to Zabaism, and other species of idolatry. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 281 The first variation from the purer zabaism consisted in the ophilatreia, or worship of the serpent. 1839 J. Yeowell Anc. Brit. Church (1847) xiii. 148 The worship of the celestial bodies, or Sabæism, as it is termed. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 295/2 The religious books of Tsabaism were written in Syriac. 1859 J. M. Arnold Ishmael 36 The more corrupt form of superstition, which in a measure co-existed with Sabeism. 1878 A. Fornander Polynesian Race I. 36 Glimpses of Cushite Zabaism. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of heavenly bodies > practitioner of star worshipper1570 Sabaist1662 Sabian1716 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §9 The rites and customs of these Zabaists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1662 |
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