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basileolatry

UK/basɪlɪˈɒlətɹi/

basileolatry noun: basileiolatry.

Noun

basileolatry (uncountable)

  1. (rare) basileiolatry
    • Against the Byzantine Basileolatry.1850, Dr Augustus Neander, translated by Joseph Torrey, General History of the Christian Religion and Church, III, page xvii
    • Before the Reform Bill anything resembling the neurosis of English Basileolatry was even more completely unknown.1938, Robert Briffault, The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, pages 114–115

Origin of basileolatry

From Ancient Greek βασιλε(ύς) (basile(ús), “king”) + English -latry (from the Ancient Greek λατρεία (latreía, “worship”); compare basilean, basileiolatry, and basilolatry.

Questions about basileolatry

What does basileolatry mean?
Basileolatry means basileiolatry.
What part of speech is basileolatry?
Basileolatry is a noun.
How do you pronounce basileolatry?
Basileolatry is pronounced /basɪlɪˈɒlətɹi/ (UK).

Words near basileolatry in the dictionary

  1. basiled
  2. basilei
  3. basileiolatry
  4. basileis
  5. basilemma
  6. basileolatry
  7. basileus
  8. Basilian
  9. Basilians
  10. basilic
  11. basilic vein

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