Maryolatry

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A form of Mariolatry — Adoration or veneration of the Virgin Mary to an extent regarded as inappropriate or even idolatrous.

OriginEnglish Mary ← Middle English Marie ← Old French Marie →
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Meanings

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Mariolatry.

    Our great prophet has so ordered the revelation of God's will, and of the doctrines of life, that Christians have nothing to justify or excuse this Maryolatry,—this idolatrous exaltation of Mary.

    1843, Alexander Viets Griswold, The Reformation: A Brief Exposition of Some of the Errors and Corruptions of the Church of Rome, Boston, Mass.: James B. Dow, publisher, →OCLC, page 87
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    Such mounting departure from truth, as Maryolatry, was instrumental in causing Christianity to be eliminated from another important segment of the Christian world. [...] [T]he overburden of superstition, especially the Maryolatry, caused Christianity to be swept away from that great land [Russia] with the revolution.

    1989, Rolland E. Wolfe, How the Easter Story Grew from Gospel to Gospel, Lewiston, N.Y.; Queenston, Ont.: The Edward Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 240

Origin

  1. LatinMarīa
  2. Old FrenchMarie
  3. Middle EnglishMarie
  4. EnglishMary
  5. EnglishMaryolatry

From Mary + -o- + -latry.

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Chicago

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