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Hagiolatry

Haˊgi-ol′a-try

(-ŏl′ȧ-try̆)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἄγιοσ
sacred + [GREEK] worship.]
The invocation or worship of saints.

Definition 2024


hagiolatry

hagiolatry

English

Noun

hagiolatry (uncountable)

  1. The worship of saints.
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 25:
      Individual churches had their own patron saints, and strong territorial associations could give hagiolatry an almost totemic character […].

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