ancestor worship

English

Noun

ancestor worship (uncountable)

(anthropology, religion) Veneration of the spirits of one’s ancestors.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians: Religion Codex entry:
  The ancient quarians practiced ancestor worship. Even after abandoning faith for secularism, quarians continued to revere the wisdom of elders.

Translations

veneration of the spirits of one’s ancestors

Afrikaans: vooroueraanbidding
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祭祖 (zh) (jìzǔ)
Dutch: voorouderverering f, vooroudercultus m, manisme (nl) n
Finnish: esi-isien palvonta, esivanhempien palvonta
Japanese: 祖先崇拝 (そせんすうはい, sosen-suuhai)
Portuguese: culto dos ancestrais m, culto aos ancestrais m
Russian: культ пре́дков m (kulʹt prédkov)

See also

ancestor spirit

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