Onolatry

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(Gr. Ὄνος , An Ass. and Λατρεία , worship) , a form of animal worship, of which there are obscure. traces in some ancient authors, chiefly as a slander upon the Jews — (Walch, De Cultu Asinino, Schleus. 1769). (See Ass).