papolatryn.
/peɪˈpɒlətri/, U.S. /peɪˈpɑlətri/ rare.
Excessive reverence for the Pope.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] > worship of
papolatry1894
1894 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 302 Preachers of papolatry.
1977 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 12 350 Republican papers..inveighed against the ‘black legend’ and reality of Jesuitism, ultramontane plots, enslaving clerical reaction and Papolatry.
1996 National Catholic Reporter (Nexis) 19 Jan. 6 ‘Conservatives tend to papolatry,’ said a chaplain at a conservative Catholic college. ‘They define orthodoxy as first and foremost brooking no criticism of the pope.’
Derivatives
paˈpolatrous adj.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [adjective] > worshipping
papolatrous1894
1894 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 303 The new papolatrous and dogmapoeic movement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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