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necrolatry|nɛˈkrɒlətrɪ| [ad. eccl. Gr. νεκρολατρεία worship of the dead, f. νεκρός necro- + λατρεία worship.] Worship of, or excessive reverence displayed towards, the dead.
1826G. S. Faber Sacr. Calend. Prophecy (1844) II. 291 The members of that Church alone can be suspected of idolatry and necrolatry. 1842― Prov. Lett. (1844) II. 59 Curious specimens of the Necrolatry of the fourth century. 1882Lyall Asiat. Stud. 18 The process by which other..ideas of supernaturalism may..have developed out of this universal necrolatry. |