Crossword-Solution: ZOOLATRY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Zoolatry | n. | The worship of animals. |
We have 1 clue for the answer “ZOOLATRY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Animal worship | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AAER
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with ZOOLATRY (5)
Clemens Alexandrinus, again, after describing the animal-worship of the Egyptians, mentions cases of zoolatry in Greece.(1) The Thessalians revered storks, the Thebans weasels, and the myth ran that the weasel had in some way aided Alcmena when in labour with Heracles.
Max Muller's remarks on 'Zoolatry,' as De Brosses calls it, or animal- worship, require only the briefest comment.
Anyone who wishes to show that this sort of society is a late corruption, not an early stage in evolution towards better things, has a difficult task before him, which, however, he must undertake, before he can prove zoolatry to be a corruption of religion.
The same system (with the religious sanction of a kind of zoolatry) is in force and has worked to the same result, in Africa, Asia, America, and Australia, while a host of minute facts make it a reasonable conclusion that it prevailed in Europe.
Max Muller's doctrine of the development of Indian religion (while admitting the existence of Snake or Naga tribes) takes no account of the action of this universal zoolatry on religion and society.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2000).