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Mariolatry

//ˌmɛːɹiˈɒlətɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Adoration or veneration of the Virgin Mary to an extent regarded as inappropriate or even idolatrous. countable, derogatory, uncountable

    "For, though it were a knowen corruption, and therefore ſhould haue beene auoyded; yet [Robert] Bellarmine in muſtering vp the Fathers authorities, for proofe of the reading, ipſa (the beſt ground of their Mariolatrie) brings in [John] Chryſoſtom in the rereward."

Etymology

From Latin Marīa or English Mary (“the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ”) + -o- + -latry, modelled after idolatry. The English word is cognate with French mariolâtrie, Italian mariolatria, Late Latin mariolatria.

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