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thaumatolatry

thaumatolatry noun: worship or undue admiration of wondrousl or miraculous things.

Noun

thaumatolatry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Worship or undue admiration of wondrousl or miraculous things.
    • the thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers

Origin of thaumatolatry

From thaumato- + -latry.

Questions about thaumatolatry

What does thaumatolatry mean?
Thaumatolatry means worship or undue admiration of wondrousl or miraculous things.
What part of speech is thaumatolatry?
Thaumatolatry is a noun.

Words near thaumatolatry in the dictionary

  1. thaumato-
  2. thaumatocypridid
  3. thaumatocypridids
  4. thaumatogeny
  5. thaumatography
  6. thaumatolatry
  7. thaumatological
  8. thaumatology
  9. thaumatophobia
  10. thaumatopsyllioid
  11. thaumatopsyllioids

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