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单词 astrolatry
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astrolatryn.

Brit. /əˈstrɒlətri/, U.S. /əˈstrɑlətri/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: astro- comb. form, -latry comb. form.
Etymology: < astro- comb. form + -latry comb. form.
The worship of stars and other celestial objects.
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society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of heavenly bodies
star worship1572
Sabaism1669
astrolatry1678
uranolatry1706
Sabianism1788
uranotheism1801
Atenism1925
planetolatrya1963
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 593 These Platonists..lay a foundation for their Polytheism and Creature-Worship (now Vulgarly called Idolatry) that is, for their Cosmo-latry, Astro-Latry, and Demono-latry.
1785 R. J. Sulivan Philos. Rhapsodies II. lxxvii. 386 I mean astrolatry or creature worship.
1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry I. 31 Astrolatry or Sabianism; that is to say, the worship of the Sun, the Moon, and the Host of Heaven.
1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. 483 Astronomy..having groped through the two preceding stages of astrolatry and astrology.
1934 Folk-lore 45 190 I have been amazed to find, in legends recounted by lay Mandaeans, evidences of surviving astrolatry entirely contrary to their books.
1987 S. T. Dukes Chinese Hand Anal. iv. 25 In all early cultures, astrolatry (the worship of stars as deities) preceded astrology.
2004 R. Styers Making Magic i. 67 Priests and magicians appear in Comte's account as fetishism develops toward its highest stage, astrolatry, or star worship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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