Definition of Symbol-worship

1. Noun. The worship of symbols.

Exact synonyms: Symbolatry, Symbololatry
Generic synonyms: Cultism, Devotion, Idolatry, Veneration

Lexicographical Neighbors of Symbol-worship

symbion
symbions
symbiont
symbionts
symbioses
symbiosis
symbiot
symbiote
symbiotes
symbiotic
symbiotic star
symbiotically
symbiotics
symbiots
symbol
symbol-worship (current term)
symbolatry
symbole
symboled
symboles
symbolic
symbolic expression
symbolic expressions
symbolic link
symbolic links
symbolic logic
symbolic representation
symbolic speech
symbolical
symbolically

Literary usage of Symbol-worship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Study of the Indian Philosophy by Shantaram Anant Desai (1906)
"It follows that, if symbol-worship is to be allowed, it cannot be made a condition that the symbol-worshipper ought to realise that what he worships is ..."

2. Evolution and Religion: A Parent's Talks with His Children Concerning the by William Trumbull (1907)
"symbol-worship Over symbol-worship, or the deification of the reproductive powers of Nature, we need not linger long. It again marks the infancy of our race ..."

3. The Prehistoric Use of Iron and Steel: With Observations on Certain Matters by St. John Vincent Day (1877)
"Again, " The pillar symbol is not wanting to * "Ancient Symbol Worship," p. 10. t "Ancient Symbol Worship. Influence of the Phallic Idea on the . ..."

4. Treatise Relative to the Testing of Water-wheels and Machinery: Also of by James Emerson (1894)
"... for a time with symbol worship, but bound to endure and grow brighter and clearer as symbol worship, under its numerous disguises, disappears. ..."

5. The Early History and Antiquities of Freemasonry: As Connected with Ancient by George Franklin Fort (1881)
"... Ancient Symbol Worship, p. 95. * The Teutonic maypole is clearly derived from the ... Symbol Worship, cit., p. 94, for conclusive evidence touching this ..."

6. The Threshold Covenant; Or, The Beginning of Religious Rites by Henry Clay Trumbull (1896)
"... Wake's Ancient Symbol Worship ; Knight's Worship of Priapus ; Jennings's Phallicism ; Frazer's Golden Bough ; Monier- Williams's Brahmanism and Hinduism ..."

7. A Study of the Indian Philosophy by Shantaram Anant Desai (1906)
"It follows that, if symbol-worship is to be allowed, it cannot be made a condition that the symbol-worshipper ought to realise that what he worships is ..."

8. Evolution and Religion: A Parent's Talks with His Children Concerning the by William Trumbull (1907)
"symbol-worship Over symbol-worship, or the deification of the reproductive powers of Nature, we need not linger long. It again marks the infancy of our race ..."

9. The Prehistoric Use of Iron and Steel: With Observations on Certain Matters by St. John Vincent Day (1877)
"Again, " The pillar symbol is not wanting to * "Ancient Symbol Worship," p. 10. t "Ancient Symbol Worship. Influence of the Phallic Idea on the . ..."

10. Treatise Relative to the Testing of Water-wheels and Machinery: Also of by James Emerson (1894)
"... for a time with symbol worship, but bound to endure and grow brighter and clearer as symbol worship, under its numerous disguises, disappears. ..."

11. The Early History and Antiquities of Freemasonry: As Connected with Ancient by George Franklin Fort (1881)
"... Ancient Symbol Worship, p. 95. * The Teutonic maypole is clearly derived from the ... Symbol Worship, cit., p. 94, for conclusive evidence touching this ..."

12. The Threshold Covenant; Or, The Beginning of Religious Rites by Henry Clay Trumbull (1896)
"... Wake's Ancient Symbol Worship ; Knight's Worship of Priapus ; Jennings's Phallicism ; Frazer's Golden Bough ; Monier- Williams's Brahmanism and Hinduism ..."

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