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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Origin of Mariolatry
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Thus suddenly flamed up this passion for Mariolatry.
From True Woman, The A Series of Discourses by Justin D. Fulton
The Church itself never quite accepted the full claims of what was called Mariolatry.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams
I do not quite understand why Chaucer must have 'passed through' this fit of devotion; as if he had Mariolatry like the measles.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward
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 Jacob Burckhardt
Mariolatry is only the outgrowth of the seedling that lay dormant in Mary's heart, and is indigenous.
From True Woman, The A Series of Discourses by Justin D. Fulton
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