geolatry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /d͡ʒiːˈɒlətɹi/
Etymology
From geo- + -latry.
Meanings
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(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: