Bibliolatry
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Excessive admiration for a book. uncountable, usually
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of bibliolatry (“the worship of the Bible”). alt-of, uncountable
"[I]f this is the rational reverence of Protestantism,—it cannot be long before the ingenuity of our enemies compiles the annals of Bibliolatry, abounding, if not with sad impieties, yet with absurdities as numberless and as noxious as the thousand and one Mariolatries, with which our controversialists are armed."
- 3 the worship of the Bible wordnet
- 4 Specifically, excessive reverence for, or worship of, the Bible or Qur'an, especially as taken literally. uncountable, usually
"the danger of bibliolatry is only too apparent in the contemptuous references often made by Christian authorities to the uselessness of pagan literature since access to the Bible had been secured by the Church."
Example
More examples"the danger of bibliolatry is only too apparent in the contemptuous references often made by Christian authorities to the uselessness of pagan literature since access to the Bible had been secured by the Church."
Etymology
From biblio- + -latry.
From Biblio- + -latry.
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