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.
noun
Other Word Forms
- Mariolater noun
- Mariolatrous adjective
Etymology
Origin of Mariolatry
Example Sentences
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In short, those of us who pursue Mariolatry—the worship of all things Poppins—are free to delight in this film.
From The New Yorker
We may attribute his action either to his zeal for the extirpation of Mariolatry, or to his fear lest sacred legend should be confounded with sacred history.
From Project Gutenberg
Mariol′ater, one who practises mariolatry.
From Project Gutenberg
The text of the drama for the most part agrees with the gospel narrative, only occasionally interspersed with legend, and quite free from ultramontane hagiology and mariolatry.
From Project Gutenberg
The woman Mary became an idea, and as the idea of the Immaculate Conception was designated Catholic Patroness of the U. S. Protestants for a time denounced this ideification as Mariolatry, as ranking Mary with God.
From Time Magazine Archive
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