Arborolatry

//ɑɹbɚˈɑlətɹi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The worship of trees. uncountable

    "It is now generally supposed that the forbidden fruit was a kind of citrus, but certain facts connected with arborolatry seem to me to disprove this opinion."

  2. 2
    the worship of trees wordnet

Synonyms

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idolatryidolizationtree worshiptree-worship

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"It is now generally supposed that the forbidden fruit was a kind of citrus, but certain facts connected with arborolatry seem to me to disprove this opinion."

Etymology

From Latin arbor (“tree”) + -latry.

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