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zoolatry|zəʊˈɒlətrɪ| [ad. mod.L. zōolatria, f. Gr. ζῷον animal + λατρεία worship.] The worship of animals. So zoˈolater, one who practises zoolatry; zoˈolatrous a., pertaining to, of the nature of, or practising zoolatry.
1817G. S. Faber Eight Diss. (1845) I. 285 That the gods of the Gentiles, however connected with Sabianism and Materialism and Zoölatry, were originally..deified mortals. 1858Hardwick Christ & Other Masters iv. i. 56 Conspicuous at the head of the zoolatry of Egypt stands the worship of the great Memphitic bull, Apis. 1891Cent. Dict., Zoolater... Zoolatrous. 1898E. P. Evans Evol. Ethics i. 6 Vestiges of zoölatrous worship. 1907Q. Rev. July 200 They brought with them a concrete form of zoolatry in the cult of the buffalo. |