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hierolatry

[hahy-uh-rol-uh-tree, hahy-rol-]

noun

worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.

Compare hagiology.

Origin:
1805–15; hiero- + -latry

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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.

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hierolatry
noun
the worship of saints [syn: hagiolatry]

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