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vexillolatry

vexillolatry noun: the worship of a flag or flags.

Noun

vexillolatry (uncountable)

  1. The worship of a flag or flags.
    • Beginning when I was about twelve, I railed, silently, against having to begin school each day by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, with right hand over heart, if you can imagine such shameless vexillolatry.2000, Douglas Fethering, Travels by Night, →ISBN, pages 42–43

Origin of vexillolatry

From vexillo- + -latry.

Questions about vexillolatry

What does vexillolatry mean?
Vexillolatry means the worship of a flag or flags.
What part of speech is vexillolatry?
Vexillolatry is a noun.

Words near vexillolatry in the dictionary

  1. vexillizing
  2. vexillo-
  3. vexillographer
  4. vexillographers
  5. vexillography
  6. vexillolatry
  7. vexillologic
  8. vexillological
  9. vexillologist
  10. vexillologists
  11. vexillology

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