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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)
- 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 […].
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 25: