Hagiolater

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who practices hagiolatry (the worship of saints).

    "A younger hagiolater, Karl Heinz Ruppel, wrote of Karajan as an epic hero in much the same terms as Bernstein had spoken of Mahler."

Example

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"A younger hagiolater, Karl Heinz Ruppel, wrote of Karajan as an epic hero in much the same terms as Bernstein had spoken of Mahler."

Etymology

From hagio- + -later.

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