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Preferred term

Ancestor worship  

Definition

  • Ritualized propitiation and invocation of dead kin. [CE online]

Entry terms

  • Ancestor cult
  • Dead, worship of the
  • Worship, ancestor
  • Worship of the dead

Notation

  • 311079

In other languages

  • French

  • Ancêtres, culte des
  • Culte des morts
  • Evocation des morts
  • Mâne
  • Morts, culte des
  • Morts, évocation des

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-FF88CS63-0

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