bibliolatry
noun
excessive reverence for the Bible as literally interpreted.
bibliolatrous
-
a word derived from
bibliolatry.
Example Sentences
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I could not imagine a more bibliolatrous family than the Fadimans.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2020
Puritanism might be narrow and bibliolatrous, but it was not obscurantist nor the enemy of science.
From Oxford and Her Colleges by Goldwin Smith
By the way, in this last word, 'witchcraft,' and the too memorable histories connected with it, lies a perfect mine of bibliolatrous madness.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey
