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Ancestor Worship

Definition: Ancestor Worship

Ancestor Worship

Noun

1. Worship of ancestors.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Crosswords: Ancestor Worship

English words defined with "ancestor worship": Shintiism, Shinto, Shintoism. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ancestor worship": CONFUCIUS. (references)

Commercial Usage: Ancestor Worship

Domain	Title
Books	Ancestor worship among the Bulsa of northern Ghana : religious, social, and economic aspects (reference) Ancestor Worship and Christianity in Korea (Studies in Asian Thought and Religion) (reference) Ancestor Worship in Contemporary Japan (reference) Ancestor worship; a cycle of eighteen poems (reference) Korwars and Korwar Style : Art and Ancestor Worship in North West New Guinea (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Ancestor Worship (reference) Ancestor Worship : The Boston Sessions, 1980-83 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Ancestor Worship

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Hong Kong	Every major religion is practiced in Hong Kong; ancestor worship is predominant due to the strong Confucian influence. (references)
	Democratic Republic of Congo	Traditional religions embody such concepts as monotheism, animism, vitalism, spirit and ancestor worship, witchcraft, and sorcery and vary widely among ethnic groups; none is formalized. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Ancestor Worship

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
ancestor worship	22
chinese ancestor worship	3
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Modern Translation: Ancestor Worship

Language		Translations for "ancestor worship"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Japanese Kanji		祖先崇拝 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		そせんすうはい. (various references)

Pig Latin		ancestoray orshipway.(various references)

Spanish		el culto de los antepasados. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Ancestor Worship

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