sciotheismn.
/ˈsʌɪə(ʊ)θɪɪz(ə)m/, /sʌɪə(ʊ)ˈθiːɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈsaɪoʊθiˌɪzəm/, /ˌsaɪəˈθiˌɪzəm/ Now rare.
The worship of ancestral spirits. Also figurative.
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sciotheism1886
1886 T. H. Huxley in 19th Cent. Apr. 493 This sciotheism, as it might be called.
1886 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 794/2 She has been discoursing..upon scio-theism.
1962 A. Dasgupta Lyric in Indian Poetry 3 This preoccupation with idea and an over-insistence on thematic transmission, not only developed a kind of sciotheism, but also impeded the freedom of the lyric.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1886- for all the world
- for all this
- for all this world
- for all time
- for all time coming
- for all time future
- for all time to come
- for all —— knows
- for altogether
- for altogethers
- for an end
- for an old song
- for and
- for another thing
- for any
- for any chance
- for any kins aught
- for any meed
- for any sake
- for anything
- for anywhat
- for arrival
- for as mickle as
- for aught i care
- for aught i know