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Definition of Hagiolatry
1. Noun. The worship of saints.
Definition of Hagiolatry
1. n. The invocation or worship of saints.
Definition of Hagiolatry
1. Noun. The worship of saints. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hagiolatry
Literary usage of Hagiolatry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture by Edward Payson Evans (1896)
"... to hagiolatry —Subtilities of ecclesiology—Meagreness of Hebrew mythology—Exercise
of the ... hagiolatry ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"As to the actual state of hagiolatry in modern Europe, it is obvious on a broad
view that it is declining among the educated classes. KB Tylor, Prim. ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"... though that is in reality an eclectic hagiolatry derived from every superstition
or faith with which its members have come in contact. ..."
4. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"... this day.1 Second, as to the actual state of hagiolatry in modern Europe, it
is obvious on a broad view that it is declining among the educated classes. ..."
5. The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith (1920)
"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 ..."
6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"He aims to show the superiority of Peter to Paul, and the work contains traces
of Mariolatry, hagiolatry, and relic-worship. ..."
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