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onolatries

onolatries is the plural of onolatry.

Meaning of onolatry

Noun

onolatry (usually uncountable, plural onolatries)

  1. (usually) Worship of the ass or donkey.
    • The calumny of onolatry, or ass-worship, attributed by Tacitus and other writers to the Jews, was afterwards, by the hatred of the latter, transferred to the Christians.1913, Charles George Herbermann, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Press, page 793
  2. (usually) Preoccupation with or devotion to something foolish.

Questions about onolatries

What is onolatries the plural of?
Onolatries is the plural of onolatry.

Words near onolatries in the dictionary

  1. Onoda
  2. Onodas
  3. Onodi
  4. Onodis
  5. onoi
  6. onolatries
  7. onolatry
  8. onomancies
  9. onomancy
  10. onomantia
  11. onomantic

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