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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Etymology

Origin of hagiolatry

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

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hagiolatry

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.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

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

From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love

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