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cosmolatry

/kɒzˈmɒlətɹi/

cosmolatry noun: worship paid to the world.

Noun

cosmolatry (uncountable)

  1. Worship paid to the world.
    • […]Polytheism , cosmolatry (or world-idolatry ), and creature-worship[…]1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […]...
  2. Worship of the cosmos.

Origin of cosmolatry

From cosmo- + -latry.

Questions about cosmolatry

What does cosmolatry mean?
Cosmolatry means worship paid to the world.
What part of speech is cosmolatry?
Cosmolatry is a noun.
How do you pronounce cosmolatry?
Cosmolatry is pronounced /kɒzˈmɒlətɹi/.

Words near cosmolatry in the dictionary

  1. cosmokinematics
  2. cosmolabe
  3. cosmolabes
  4. cosmolater
  5. cosmolaters
  6. cosmolatry
  7. cosmoline
  8. cosmolined
  9. cosmolines
  10. cosmolining
  11. cosmologic

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