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Definition of Geolatry

1. n. The worship of the earth.

Definition of Geolatry

1. Noun. The worship of the Earth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Geolatry

1. earth-worship [n GEOLATRIES]

Medical Definition of Geolatry

1. The worship of the earth. The Geological Series. The science of geology, as treating of the history of the globe, involves a description of the different strata which compose its crust, their order of succession, characteristic forms of animal and vegetable life, etc. The principal subdivisions of geological time, and the most important strata, with their relative positions, are indicated in the following diagram. Origin: Gr, the earth + worship. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Geolatry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"An abbreviation of geology. geolatry (jf-ora-tri), n. ... and geolatry in the West. Sir O. Cox, Mythol. of Aryan Nations, 1.95. geologian (jë-ô-lô'ji-an), ..."

2. The Gentile and the Jew in the Courts of the Temple of Christ: An by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (1906)
"... attracted by the life of terrestrial nature, he addressed himself to it with all his senses and inclinations; and here geolatry took its rise. ..."

3. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1870)
"... and geolatry in the West, where the idea of the earth as a susceptible and productive agent led to the distinction ..."

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