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ancestor worship

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noun Anthropology.

(in certain societies) the veneration of ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living.

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Origin:
1850–55

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ancestor worship
noun
worship of ancestors

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"We rarely quote nowadays to appeal to authority ... though we quote sometimes to display our sapience and erudition. Some authors we quote against. Some we quote not at all, offering them our scrupulous avoidance, and so make them part of our "white mythology." Other authors we constantly invoke, chanting their names in cerebral rituals of propitiation or ancestor worship."

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