Meanings
- uncountableThe worship of trees.
The Seven Sins of Archaeology: (1) Mono-Arborolatry: Worshipping one particular tree above the forest[…]
2006, Stephen H. Lekson, The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon, page 432 more examples
It is now generally supposed that the forbidden fruit was a kind of citrus, but certain facts connected with arborolatry seem to me to disprove this opinion.
1873, C. Stanliand Wake, “The influence of the phallic idea in the religions of antiquity”, in Journal of anthropologyTrcesof this arborolatry still exist everywhere, both in Moslem and Christian countries; and even the Persians, who abhorred images as much as the Hebrews ever did, rendered homage to certain trees.
1894, John McClintock, Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, volume 4, page 241
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinarbor“tree”
- Englisharborolatry
From Latin arbor (“tree”) + -latry.
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