Arborolatry
/ɑɹbɚˈɑlətɹi/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the worship of trees wordnet
Example
More examples"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.