-olatry, -latry, -olater-, -later, -olatress, -latress, -olatria, -olatrous, -latrous

(Greek: worship; excessively, fanatically devoted to someone or something; “service paid to the gods”)

Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. If he worships not the true God, he will have his idols.

—Theodore Parker
grammatolatry
The worship of letters; adherence to every letter of the Scripture.
gynecolatry
The worship of a woman or women.
gyneolatry
The worship of women.
gyneolatry, gynaeolatry, gynolatry
The worship of women or a woman.
gyniolatry
Adoration of or excessive devotion to women; an adorer of women or a woman.
gynolatry
The worship of women.
hagiolater
Someone who worships saints.
hagiolatrous
Given to worshiping saints.
hagiolatry
The worship of saints.
heliolatry (s) (noun), heliolatries (pl)
The worshiping of, or an excessive devotion to, the sun as if it were a god.
herolatry
The worship of heroes.
hierolater (s) (noun), hierolaters (pl)
An individual who worships saints; a saint worshiper: Mrs. Hathaway found out that her daughter was a member of hierolaters who gathered together once a week to praise and honor certain holy divinities and angels.
hierolatrous
hierolatry (s) (noun) (no pl)
Worship of holy beings or saints; hagiolatry: Jill read an article about hierolatry and thought that this might give her a feeling of happiness if she honored a holy being.
hydrolatry
Primitive worship of water.

Related religious-word units: church; dei-, div-; ecclesi-; fanati-; hiero-; idol-; theo-; zelo-.