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ophiolatrous

ophiolatrous adjective: snake-worshipping.

Adjective

ophiolatrous (not comparable)

  1. snake-worshipping
    • In fact, the legend associated with the founding of Mandi town, as symbolised by this composition, had definite ophiolatrous background, as we find elsewhere in the Western Himalayan region about the founding of many temples, in which a snake, a cow, a cowherd and a lingam are the essential...2004, Om Chanda Handa, Naga Cults and Traditions in the Western Himalaya, page 142

Origin of ophiolatrous

From ophiolatry + -ous.

Questions about ophiolatrous

What does ophiolatrous mean?
Ophiolatrous means snake-worshipping.
What part of speech is ophiolatrous?
Ophiolatrous is an adjective.

Words near ophiolatrous in the dictionary

  1. ophiohelid
  2. ophiohelids
  3. ophioid
  4. ophiolater
  5. ophiolaters
  6. ophiolatrous
  7. ophiolatry
  8. ophiolepidid
  9. ophiolepidids
  10. ophioleucin
  11. ophioleucinid

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