英语词汇“zoolatry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

You can use the noun zoolatry when you talk about the religious worship of animals. There are many different religions that include zoolatry among their rituals and traditions.

Observant Hindus consider cows to be sacred — this is one form of zoolatry. In Turkic mythology, zoolatry appears in the form of revering wolves, and among some shamans, a belief that certain humans are directly descended from wolves. Zoolatry is a rarely used word that combines the Greek root words zoion, "an animal," and latreia, "worship or service paid to the gods."

WORD FAMILY

zoolatry

USAGE EXAMPLES

Their native mythology was not without traces of zoolatry.

Dill, Samuel, Roman Society from Nero to Marcus A...(2010)

Zoolatry is intertwisted with the earliest and most widespread law of prohibited degrees.

Lang, Andrew, Custom and Myth—New Edition(2010)

Remnants of the old Semitic zoolatry perpetuated themselves until the end of paganism and even later.

Cumont, Franz, The Oriental Religions in Roman Pag...(2010)

n the worship of animals

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

animal-worship

fish-worship, ichthyolatry

the worship of fish

ophiolatry, serpent-worship

the worship of snakes

worship

the activity of worshipping

单词	zoolatry
释义	zoolatry (once / 407563 pages) n You can use the noun zoolatry when you talk about the religious worship of animals. There are many different religions that include zoolatry among their rituals and traditions. Observant Hindus consider cows to be sacred — this is one form of zoolatry. In Turkic mythology, zoolatry appears in the form of revering wolves, and among some shamans, a belief that certain humans are directly descended from wolves. Zoolatry is a rarely used word that combines the Greek root words zoion, "an animal," and latreia, "worship or service paid to the gods." WORD FAMILY zoolatry USAGE EXAMPLES Their native mythology was not without traces of zoolatry. Dill, Samuel, Roman Society from Nero to Marcus A...(2010) Zoolatry is intertwisted with the earliest and most widespread law of prohibited degrees. Lang, Andrew, Custom and Myth—New Edition(2010) Remnants of the old Semitic zoolatry perpetuated themselves until the end of paganism and even later. Cumont, Franz, The Oriental Religions in Roman Pag...(2010) n the worship of animals Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper animal-worship fish-worship, ichthyolatry the worship of fish ophiolatry, serpent-worship the worship of snakes worship the activity of worshipping
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