Mariolatry
Americannoun
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excessive (and proscribed) veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in forms appropriate to God.
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veneration of women.
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Origin of Mariolatry
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Mariolatry greatly affected men's attitude toward women in general, including their notions about love.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
I do not quite understand why Chaucer must have 'passed through' this fit of devotion; as if he had Mariolatry like the measles.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
Thus suddenly flamed up this passion for Mariolatry.
From True Woman, The A Series of Discourses by Fulton, Justin D.
Mariolatry is only the outgrowth of the seedling that lay dormant in Mary's heart, and is indigenous.
From True Woman, The A Series of Discourses by Fulton, Justin D.
Of the great passions which gave life to the Middle Ages, that of religious enthusiasm had degenerated into the conceits of Mariolatry, that of war into the extravagances of Chivalry.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by Green, John Richard
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