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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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
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 Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
Of the great passions which gave life to the Middle Ages, that of religious enthusiasm had degenerated into the conceits of Mariolatry, that of war into the extravagances of Chivalry.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green
Thus suddenly flamed up this passion for Mariolatry.
From True Woman, The A Series of Discourses by Justin D. Fulton
On the other hand it is undeniable that the later Mariolatry has one of its roots in the parallel between Eve and Mary.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
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