单词 | mariolatry |
释义 | Mariolatryn. Excessive reverence for the Virgin Mary, esp. to the extent of idolatrous worship.Originally used by opponents of Roman Catholicism, and still frequently depreciative. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of virgin > Mary hyperdulia1531 ladyness1538 super-service1592 Mariolatry1612 marianolatry1755 1612 T. James Treat. Corruption Script. (new ed.) ii. 85 The reading, ipsa [in Genesis 3:15] (the best ground of their Mariolatrie). 1844 F. Close Reply to Arnold 36 Whether this exhibition of Mariolatry had destroyed many souls..none can tell. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §1. 214 The religious enthusiasm had developed into the pretty conceits of Mariolatry. 1920 Mind 29 182 The Punic grimness of Augustinity was indeed revived in its pristine rigour by Protestant rejection of the mitigating Mariolatry of the Middle Ages. 1971 Presbyterian Herald Apr. 20/1 In the greater part of her [sc. Rome's] teaching there is no change, for example Papal infallibility, mariolatry, [etc.]. 1987 R. Ellmann Oscar Wilde iii. 69 He found the fourth century mosaics most interesting because they showed the Virgin being adored before the Middle Ages invented mariolatry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612 |
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