Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The worship of stones of particular shapes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The worship of a stone or stones.
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- noun The
worship ofstones .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The idol of Jeddah, in the days of Arab litholatry, was called
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The gross fetichism of the Hindus, it is well known, introduced them to litholatry.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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And in litholatry, in various parts of the globe, we have ideas which spring from like conceptions.
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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In these beliefs zoolatry, litholatry and all the other nature worships outlived the savagery that had created them.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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-- The power of this Semitic litholatry equaled its persistence.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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[20] This great oath suggests the litholatry of the Arabs, derived from the Abyssinian and Galla Sabaeans; it is regarded by the Eesa and Gudabirsi
First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855
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[FN#330] The litholatry of the old Arabs is undisputed: Manát the goddess-idol was a large rude stone and when the Meccans sent out colonies these carried with them stones of the Holy Land to be set up and worshipped like the Ka'abah.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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20 This great oath suggests the litholatry of the Arabs, derived from the Abyssinian and Galla
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