zoolatry
See also: zoölatry
English
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edit- (General American) IPA(key): /zoʊˈɑlətɹi/, /zuˈɑlətɹi/
- (UK) IPA(key): /zəʊˈɒlətɹi/, /zuːˈɒlətɹi/
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Noun
editzoolatry (uncountable)
- The worship of animals.
- 2004, Simson R Najovits, Egypt, Trunk of the Tree: A Modern Survey of an Ancient Land, →ISBN, page 227:
- Excessive zoolatry and heka practices had always been fundamental aspects of Egyptian religion and lifestyles, but from about the Late Period (c. 747 BC), they increasingly became tinged with fundamentalism and fanaticism.
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editworship of animals
Further reading
edit- Animal worship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia