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staurolatry
The worship of the cross or of the figure of Christ on the cross. Historically it is not a complimentary term. This was a post-Reformation (Protestant) term of reproach mingled with contempt that was applied to the Roman Catholic veneration of the crucifix.
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-olatry, -latry, -olater-, -later, -olatress, -latress, -olatria, -olatrous, -latrous
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stauro-, staur- +
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