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Definition of Hierolatry
1. Noun. The worship of saints.
Definition of Hierolatry
1. n. The worship of saints or sacred things.
Definition of Hierolatry
1. Noun. The worship of saints ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hierolatry
Literary usage of Hierolatry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1862)
"... instead of having to develop themselves, stare you, so to speak, in the face
on all sides. Mariolatry, hierolatry,—which occupy already so small ..."
2. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1839)
"... hierolatry. Ib. p. 80. Many a time have I been brought very low, and received
the sentence of death in myself, when my poor, honest, praying neighbours ..."
3. Notes on English Divines by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"... with the same historical distinctness against the universal Church, that the
Protestants have that of hierolatry against the Romanists. ..."
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