bibliolatry

[bib-lee-ol-uh-tree]

noun

1. excessive reverence for the Bible as literally interpreted.

2. extravagant devotion to or dependence upon books.

bibliolatry

/ ˌbɪblɪˈɒlətrɪ /

noun

1. excessive devotion to or reliance on the Bible

2. extreme fondness for books

Other Word Forms

• bibliolater noun
• bibliolatrist noun
• bibliolatrous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bibliolatry¹

First recorded in 1755–65; biblio- + -latry

Example Sentences

Yet deism deserves to be remembered as a strenuous protest against bibliolatry in every degree and against all traditionalism in theology.

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Having emancipated myself from the thraldom of bibliolatry and priestcraft generally, it is my aim to examine what seems to be my duty as a man and an integer of society.

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He was a part of New England's bibliolatry.

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It has been the home of rational religion for some years—of the religion of humanity—of religion purified from formalism, bibliolatry, and cant. 

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So far as Protestantism itself was concerned, it did not have in it, as a consequence of this bibliolatry, the intellectual vitality necessary to a true evolution.

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