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English
Noun
ancestor worship (uncountable)
- (anthropology, religion) Veneration of the spirits of one’s ancestors.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians: Religion Codex entry:The ancient quarians practiced ancestor worship. Even after abandoning faith for secularism, quarians continued to revere the wisdom of elders.
Translations
veneration of the spirits of one’s ancestors
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