hagiolatry

[hag-ee-ol-uh-tree, hey-jee-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the worship of saints.

hagiolatry

/ ˌ��æɡɪˈɒ��ə�ٰ�ɪ /

noun

worship or veneration of saints

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Other Word Forms

hagiolater noun
hagiolatrous adjective
ˌ�󲹲��ˈ�Ǳ��ٰ��ǳܲ� adjective
ˌ�󲹲��ˈ�Ǳ��ٱ�� noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hagiolatry¹

First recorded in 1800–10; hagio- + -latry

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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

I should be sorry to find you far gone in hagiolatry.

From

Though far from a scientific conception of natural law, many men had become sufficiently monistic in their philosophy to see in the current hagiolatry a sort of polytheism.

From

hagiography hagiology

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