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hierolatry

hierolatry noun: the worship of saints.

Noun

hierolatry (uncountable)

  1. The worship of saints
    • Luther's obstinate adherence to the ubiquity the Body of Christ and his or rather its real presence in and with the bread was a sad furtherance to the advocates of Popish idolatry and hierolatry.1853, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, page 825

Origin of hierolatry

From hiero- + -latry.

Questions about hierolatry

What does hierolatry mean?
Hierolatry means the worship of saints.
What part of speech is hierolatry?
Hierolatry is a noun.

Words near hierolatry in the dictionary

  1. hierographical
  2. hierographies
  3. hierographs
  4. hierography
  5. hierohistory
  6. hierolatry
  7. hierologic
  8. hierological
  9. hierologies
  10. hierologist
  11. hierologists

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