单词 | zoolatrous |
释义 | zoolatrousadj. Of, relating to, or practising zoolatry. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [adjective] > of animals zoolatrous1876 1876 F. E. A. Gasc Dict. Fr. & Eng. Lang. 580/2 Zoolâtrique, zoolatrous. 1898 E. P. Evans Evol. Ethics i. 6 Vestiges of zoölatrous worship. 1913 C. H. Toy Introd. Hist. Relig. 331 Her primitive character..appears in the account of her marriages with animals, in which there is to be recognized the trace of the old zoölatrous period. 1983 B. Mundkur Cult Serpent 101 Perhaps no zoolatrous culture has accorded as much attention to birds that unquestionably were deities as the Egyptian. 2011 A. Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Law & Ecol. 160 There could be nothing more unnatural to Christianity than the..zoolatrous worship of a cat, pig or bull. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1876 |
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