psycholatry
psycholatry noun: the worship of departed souls.
Noun
psycholatry (uncountable)
- The worship of departed souls.
- Then come into being idolatry, psycholatry, henotheism. Idolotry is the worship of an image only, of a symbol of something else. Psycholatry is the worship, the great reverence paid to the spirit of the departed.1904, M.C. Alasingaperumal, The Brahmavâdin, volume 9 (Hinduism), Zs8aAAAAYAAJ, page 510
- When, moreover, we call to mind that the spirits of the dead, who at this season leave their graves and hold high revel with the fairies, seem really indistinguishable from the latter, the conclusion irresistibly forces itself upon us, that in the cult paid to the fairy race we have a survival of...1890, W.H. Allen, The National Review, volume 14 (Great Britain), Qik_AQAAMAAJ, page 761
Examples of psycholatry in a sentence
- There is again psycholatry, or the religious reverence paid to the spirits of the dead.1881, The Church Missionary Review (Missions), f7A_AQAAMAAJ:
- Another form of religion called psycholatry holds in reverence the spirit of the departed.1889, A. Tompkins, The Universalist Quarterly and General Review, volumes 46–47 (Universalism), c2pJAQAAMAAJ:
Origin of psycholatry
From psycho- + -latry.
Questions about psycholatry
- What does psycholatry mean?
- Psycholatry means the worship of departed souls.
- How do you use psycholatry in a sentence?
- There is again psycholatry, or the religious reverence paid to the spirits of the dead.
- What part of speech is psycholatry?
- Psycholatry is a noun.
Words near psycholatry in the dictionary
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