单词 | star worship |
释义 | > as lemmasstar worship star worship n. the worship of stars and other celestial objects. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of heavenly bodies star worship1572 Sabaism1669 astrolatry1678 uranolatry1706 Sabianism1788 uranotheism1801 Atenism1925 planetolatrya1963 1572 in J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles sig. f.iiiv/3 (table) Starre worship, a thing common to the Gentiles. 1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II i. iv. 69 There were other parts of Zabaisme, or Star-worship, namely Images and Fire. 1769 R. Wood Ess. Homer p. xxxv Star worship was the native idolatory of a serene sky and desart plains. 1832 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 22 Oct. Religions of all sorts, from Sabaism, or the old symbolical star worship, to methodism. 1902 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 15 138 The south Arabian inscriptions reveal the prevalence of star-worship, and moon-cult. 2013 W. Madelung in M. Cook et al. Law & Trad. Classical Islamic Thought xiv. 270 These were mostly theories of Greek and philosophical origins that could serve as a basis for justifying the star worship by the Ḥārranian Ṣābians. < as lemmas |
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