单词 | statue worshipper |
释义 | > as lemmasstatue worshipper statue worshipper n. (a) a person who worships statues or images; an idolater; (b) derogatory a Roman Catholic. ΚΠ 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 473 The Image and Statue-worshippers among the Pagans. 1883 W. W. Thomas tr. V. Rydberg Last Athenian xi. 188 What have you to do with either statue-worshippers or Christians? 1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 No. 42. 34 The Catholic is identified..by single responses [to a survey] of statue-lover, statue-worshipper, [etc.]. 2004 J. Schrantz Reverend's Revenge xii. 125 No daughter of mine is going to attend church with those statue worshipers. 2007 Sunday Times (Nexis) 7 Oct. (Travel section) 26 This was where the new religion that took over from the statue-worshippers—the Birdman cult—had its ceremonial centre. < as lemmas |
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