ancestor worship

collocation in English

meaningsofancestorandworship

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ancestor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæn.ses.tər/us
/ˈæn.ses.tɚ/
a person related to you who lived a long ...
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worship
noun
uk
/ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/us
/ˈwɝː.ʃɪp/
the act of worshipping God or a god, often through praying ...
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(Definition ofancestorandworshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He situated them in the context ofancestorworshipceremonies and the veneration of the idol embodying the atmospheric phenomena of lightning, rain, and wind.
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On the surface the ceremony appears to be a rite ofancestorworship.
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These differences, which were created by rights to land, people, and ritual power, were validated by divine sanction,ancestorworship, and a strong aristocratic principle.
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Ancestorworshipwas important, and elite ancestors were interred in sacred places.
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In addition, the "theater" or composite ceramic censers often feature clay masks as the most prominent element, indicating that these may be related toancestorworship.
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For example his references to 'ancestorworship' might benefit from more detailed justification and explanation: is he drawing here on ethnographic material to suggest this interpretation?
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Its practitioners may also be accused ofancestorworshipand nostalgia, the heroics of rescuing victims, or at least an undertheorized humanist individualism and naive representationalism.
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Highly stylized crafts associated withancestorworshipdisappear.
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One of my noble friends spoke earlier aboutancestorworship.
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That is notancestorworship; it is ancestor admiration, and it is not all that bad.
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It was the exact reverse ofancestorworship.
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I am not bowled over byancestorworship.
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Some locals affiliate with no religion, but still choose to practice traditional rituals likeancestorworship.
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Traditionally the shrine serves forancestorworshipof the eight emperors.
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Gothic paganism was thus a purely tribal religion, in which polytheism andancestorworshipwere one and the same.
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Ancestorworshipwas rarely practiced while female-centered shamanistic rites were widespread.
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