hagiolatry

[hag-ee-ol-uh-tree, hey-jee-]

noun

1. the worship of saints.

hagiolatry

/ ˌhæɡɪˈɒlətrɪ /

noun

1. worship or veneration of saints

Other Word Forms

• hagiolater noun
• hagiolatrous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hagiolatry¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg