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ancestor worship

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Noun1.ancestor worship - worship of ancestors
worship - the activity of worshipping
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This fork custom, known as an "afterlife marriage," is rooted in ancestor worship, which holds that people continue to exist after death, and the living are obligated to meet their needs.
Married life, after death by New York Times Upfront
Even ancestor worship, one of the commonest localist practices, supposes the intervention of the dead in the affairs of living men and women.
Return of the Tribes; The resistance to globalization runs deep by Peters, Ralph / The Weekly Standard
One ubiquitous component of religion is ancestor worship, which must sound pretty good if you're getting on in years and can foresee the day when you're going to become an ancestor.
The evolutionary psychology of religion by Pinker, Steven / The Humanist
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