ancestor worship

English

Noun

ancestor worship (uncountable)

1. (anthropology, religion) Religious or quasireligious worship of the spirits of one’s ancestors.

   Synonyms: ancestorism (worship sense), ancestralism (worship sense)

   • 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: 祖先崇拜 (zǔxiān chóngbài)

• Dutch: voorouderverering f, vooroudercultus m, manisme (nl) n
• Finnish: esi-isien palvonta, esivanhempien palvonta
• Georgian: წინაპართა კულტი (c̣inaṗarta ḳulṭi), მიცვალებულთა კულტი (micvalebulta ḳulṭi), წინაპართა თაყვანისცემა (c̣inaṗarta taq̇vaniscema)
• 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)
• Swedish: förfädersdyrkan c

See also

• ancestor spirit