Manism

Quick meaning: Manism is a noun meaning ancestor-worship.

Meaning

ancestor-worship.

Example Sentences

The term manism is derived from the Latin manes, meaning "departed spirits, ghosts, souls of the deceased.

It is not he that refused to subscribe, but he that constrains subscription to some manism, or humanism, or opinion, or tradition not taught in the scriptures.

The variety of images in which the sacred reality is apprehended is very rich; for some scholars this serves as a basis for distinguishing the different types of religion (animism, fetishism, manism, totemism, polytheism, henotheism, monotheism […]

As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of atheism; a sort of religious denial of God. It professes to believe in a man, rather than in God. It is a compound, made up chiefly of manism, with but a little deism, and is as near to atheism as twilight is to darkness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include manist, sciotheism, manaism, manes, manito, manusya.

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