folk religion

English

Noun

folk religion (countable and uncountable, plural folk religions)

1. Ethnic or regional religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion, but outside of official doctrine and practices.

Hypernyms

• religion

Hyponyms

• Chinese folk religion

Derived terms

• folk religionist

Translations

religious customs under the umbrella of an organized religion but outside of official doctrine and practices

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民間信仰 / 民间信仰 (zh) (mínjiān xìnyǎng)

• Finnish: kansanuskonto
• German: Volksglaube m
• Icelandic: þjóðtrú f
• Japanese: 民間信仰 (ja) (みんかんしんこう, minkan shinkō)
• Korean: 민간신앙 (ko) (min'gansinang)
• Russian: традицио́нная рели́гия f (tradiciónnaja relígija)
• Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng dân gian

Further reading

• folk religion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia