| 单词 | angel worshipper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangel worshipper b. As a modifier and with agent nouns, forming compounds in which angel expresses the object of love or veneration, as angel-love, angel worship, angel worshipper, etc.Esp. in early use, frequently in contexts presenting the veneration of angels as an idolatrous or heretical belief; cf. angelolatry n. ΚΠ 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. iv. ix. sig. Lll.viii/2 August[ine]..reckoneth worshippers of angels among heretiques, naming them Angelici, angel-worshippers. 1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Coloss. 76 If the Papists will persist in Angell-worship, they must beare it to be accounted better Philosophers then Diuines. 1719 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ V. xiii. iii. 89 No better Admonition..can be given to the Angel-Worshippers of the Present Age, than to advise them to imitate the Angelical Practice of the Primitive Church. 1852 J. Cumming Invocation & Intercession of Saints 22 He..has left in his exactions upon me not a cranny or a place in my heart for angel-love or angel veneration. 1920 Christian Workers Mag. June 776/2 Angel worship..tended to remove everything that might shake confidence in the holiness of angels. 2003 National Geographic Feb. (Geographica, Iraq section) It is a shrine of the Yazidis, a sect that practices angel worship. < as lemmas |
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