necrolatry

[nuh-krol-uh-tree, ne-]

noun

1. worship of the dead.

necrolatry

/ nɛˈkrɒlətrɪ /

noun

1. the worship of the dead

Word History and Origins

Origin of necrolatry¹

First recorded in 1820–30; necro- + -latry

Example Sentences

Necrolatry, nek-rol′a-tri, n. worship of the dead.—ns.

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Necrolatry has also produced a curious sideline: there have been 50,000 weddings in Forest Lawn's seven churches.

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It was a form of necrolatry, or hero worship.

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Perhaps what had attracted her most in him from the beginning had been his enthusiasm and healthy faith in the world, which had contrasted brilliantly with her father's pessimism and bigoted political necrolatry, if I may coin a word from the Greek to express an old-fashioned Roman's blind worship of the dead past.

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Associated-words: eschatology, thanatology, thanatopsis, necrology, thanatophobia, necrophobia, necrolatry, requiem, necromancy, posthumous, post-mortem, ante-mortem, euthanasian, dirge, crossbones, placebo, in extremis, decedent, funeral, obit, obitual, necrologist, fatality, fatal, casualty. deathless, a. immortal, imperishable, undying. death notice. obituary, necrology. debar, v. preclude, exclude. debase, v. degrade, deteriorate, abase, vitiate, corrupt, alloy, humiliate. debasement, n. degradation, abasement, deterioration, vitiation, depravation. debatable, a. contestable, moot, disputable, mooted, controvertible.

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