-olatry, -latry, -olater-, -later, -olatress, -latress, -olatria, -olatrous, -latrous +
(Greek: worship; excessively, fanatically devoted to someone or something; “service paid to the gods”)
Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. If he worship not the true God, he will have his idols.
—Theodore Parker
latria
1. The highest kind of worship, or that which is paid only to God.
2. In Roman Catholic language: The supreme worship which is due to God alone (distinguished from dulia [the inferior kind of veneration paid by Roman Catholics to saints and angels] and hyperdulia [superior dulia or veneration paid by Roman Catholics to the Virgin Mary]).
litholatry
The worship of a stone or stones.
logolatry, logolatrous
The worship of words; an unreasonable regard for words or for verbal truth.
lunolatry
Worshiping the moon.
Mariolatry
The idolatrous worship of the Virgin Mary attributed by opponents to Roman Catholics.
martyrolatry
1. A veneraton or worship of martyrs.
2. An excessive devotion to martyrs.
monolatry
The worship of one god, where other gods may supposedly exist.
necrolater
One who worships the dead or has an excessive reverence towards the dead.
necrolatry
Worship of, or excessive reverence displayed towards, the dead.
neolatry
The cult of novelty or the "worship" of what is new.
onolatry
The worship of the donkey (ass).
ophiolatry
Serpent worship; worshiping serpents.
paleolatry, palaeolatry
Worship of, or an excessive reverence for, what is ancient.
parthenolatry
Worship of a virgin or virgins, especially the Virgin Mary.
patriolatry
Slavish or excessive devotion to one’s country.
Related religious-word units:
church;
dei-, div-;
ecclesi-;
fanati-;
hiero-;
idol-;
theo-;
zelo-.
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