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geolatry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒiːˈɒlətɹi/

Etymology

From geo- + -latry.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The worship of the Earth.
    • To this succeeded astrolatry in the East, and geolatry in the West, where the idea of the earth as a susceptible and productive agent led to the distinction of male and female divinities 1864, George William Cox, Tales of Thebes and Argos: