hagiolatry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /haɡiˈɒlətɹi/ (UK)
Etymology
From hagio- + -latry.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The worship of saints.
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, published 2012, page 25:
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fi hagiolatria (worship of saints)