indicating worship of or excessive veneration of: idolatry, Mariolatry
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
-latry,
- a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek meaning "worship'' (idolatry);
on this model, used in the formation of compound words (bardolatry).
- Greek -latria. See latria, -y3
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'-latry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Mariolatry
- anthropolatry
- bibliolatry
- demonolatry
- ecclesiolatry
- hagiolatry
- heliolatry
- hierolatry
- iconolatry
- idolatry
- monolatry
- necrolatry
- theolatry
- zoolatry