hagiolatry

English

Etymology

From hagio- +‎ -latry.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /haɡiˈɒlətɹi/

Noun

hagiolatry (uncountable)

1. The worship of saints.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 25:

     Individual churches had their own patron saints, and strong territorial associations could give hagiolatry an almost totemic character […].

Related terms

• hagiolater

Translations

worship of saints

• Finnish: hagiolatria