Definition of "ancestor-worship" []

• The worship of ancestors. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The three are in many ways indistinguishable, the product of a unique form of Hinduism that incorporates older animistic and ancestor-worship practices, as well as borrowings from places like Java and China."
• "There is a lot of ancestor-worship behind a lot of Catholic traditions."
• "And Shintoism combines both aspects of ancestor-worship religion into one diverse creed: Ancestors are kami the same as the small nature gods are."