Mariolatry
Americannoun
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excessive (and proscribed) veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in forms appropriate to God.
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veneration of women.
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Mariolatry greatly affected men's attitude toward women in general, including their notions about love.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
The Mystic City of God is one of the most characteristic monuments of Mariolatry, and has continued to be much in favour with supporters of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The era of Mariolatry had passed, so far as Nuremberg was concerned.
From Dürer Artist-Biographies by Sweetser, M. F.
Not till the time of the Counter-Reformation did Mariolatry reappear in the higher Italian poetry.
From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob
The Church itself never quite accepted the full claims of what was called Mariolatry.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
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