hagiolatry

American

[hag-ee-ol-uh-tree, hey-jee-] / ˌhæg iˈɒl ə tri, ˌheɪ dʒi- /

noun

the worship of saints.

hagiolatry British

/ ˌhæɡɪˈɒlətrɪ /

noun

worship or veneration of saints

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Other Word Forms

hagiolater noun
hagiolatrous adjective

Etymology

Origin of hagiolatry

First recorded in 1800–10; hagio- + -latry

Example Sentences

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I should be sorry to find you far gone in hagiolatry.

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Though far from a scientific conception of natural law, many men had become sufficiently monistic in their philosophy to see in the current hagiolatry a sort of polytheism.

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