Hagiolater

Origin

From - + later + -.

Full definition of hagiolater

Noun

1. One who practices hagiolatry (the worship of saints).
• 2007, Norman Lebrecht, The life and death of classical music, A younger hagiolater, Karl Heinz Ruppel, wrote of Karajan as an epic hero in much the same terms as Bernstein had spoken of Mahler.