Hagiolatry

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /haÉ¡iˈɒlÉ™tɹi/

Origin

From - + latry + -.

Full definition of hagiolatry

Noun

1. The worship of saints.
• 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 25:Individual churches had their own patron saints, and strong territorial associations could give hagiolatry an almost totemic character ….

Related terms

• hagiolater