hagiolatryn.
/ˌhaɡɪˈɒlətri/, /ˌheɪdʒɪˈɒlətri/, U.S. /ˌhæɡiˈɑlətri/, /ˌheɪdʒiˈɑlətri/, /ˌheɪɡiˈɑlətri/ The worship of a saint or saints. In later use also (usually somewhat depreciative): the idealization or idolization of a particular person.
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hagiolatry1649
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1649 J. Owen Ουρανων Ουρανια 26 They..will not hearken to the Angels preaching the everlasting Gospel,..in opposition to all their Iconolatry, Artolatry, Hagiolatry, Staurolatry, and Masse abominations.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. vii. 151 The error was in the hagiolatry, or adoration of saints, not in the adoration of the image.
1980 D. H. Mellor Prospects for Pragmatism p. vii This seemed an apt way to mark the tragically early death of the finest of even that remarkable generation of Cambridge thinkers. Hagiolatry, however, has not been our object.
2014 Sociology 48 94 Jews who migrated from Morocco to Israel during the 1950s and 1960s continued to practice their tradition of hagiolatry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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