| 单词 | spirit worship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspirit worship spirit worship n. †(a) worship undertaken inwardly and genuinely, as distinct from external forms of worship (obsolete rare); (b) worship of a spirit or spirits. ΚΠ 1664 T. Palk Loyal Non-conformist 73 And as they are not Gospel-professors, or true Christians, in the account of God, who worship not him with an internal spirit-worship, though they be never so frequent and constant in external acts of Religion. 1691 R. Maynforth Exhort. All People 33 And if the Enemy should prevail To cast our Bodies in some Goal, As he hath done, some heretofore, Which faithful Testimony bore Against the Rulers in those times, Who Spirit-worship counted crimes. 1878 G. F. Maclear Celts ii. 28 Spirit-worship, which peopled all the objects of nature with malignant beings. 2003 N.Y. Times 28 Sept. i. 3/2 It points to a belief in witchcraft and spirit worship—things people don't want to acknowledge. < as lemmas |
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