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n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; worship. ] Man worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + Gr. &unr_; service, worship: cf. F. astrolâtrie. ] The worship of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; worship. ] Self-worship. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Balladry. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bibli`on book + latrei`a service, worship, latrey`ein to serve. ] Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures. Coleridge. F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`smos the world + latre`yein to worship. ] Worship paid to the world. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dai`mwn demon + latrei`a worship, &unr_; to serve, worship: cf. F. démonolâtrie. ] The worship of demons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + &unr_; worship. ] The worship of the earth. G. W. Cox.

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.

n. [ Gr. gynh` a woman + latrei`a worship. ] The adoration or worship of woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred + &unr_; worship.] The invocation or worship of saints. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Helio- + Gr. &unr_; service, worship. ] Sun worship. See Sabianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "iero`s sacred + &unr_; worship, &unr_; to worship.] The worship of saints or sacred things. [R.] Coleridge.

n. [ Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + &unr_; to worship. ] Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols. Layard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Iconolater. ] The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Idio- + Gr. &unr_; to worship. ] Self-worship; excessive self-esteem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Idolatries [ F. idolâtrie, LL. idolatria, L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; idol + &unr_; service. ] 1. The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

His eye surveyed the dark idolatries
Of alienated Judah. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + Gr. &unr_; worship. ] The worship of a stone or stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lord + -olatry, as in idolatry. ] Worship of, or reverence for, a lord as such. [ Jocose ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But how should it be otherwise in a country where lordolatry is part of our creed? Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; Mary + &unr_; worship. ] The worship of the Virgin Mary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mariolatry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; worship. ] Worship of a single deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. nekro`s a dead person + &unr_; to worship. ] The worship of the dead; manes worship. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'o`fis serpent + latrei`a worship. ] The worship of serpents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fy`sis nature + &unr_; service. ] The worship of the powers or agencies of nature; materialism in religion; nature worship. “The physiolatry of the Vedas.” M. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Prelaty; prelacy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + Gr. &unr_; worship: cf. F. pyrolâtrie. ] The worship of fire. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. qay^ma, qay`matos, a wonder + latrei`a worship. ] Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]