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nounhierolatry (uncountable)
- uncountableThe worship of saints
Luther's obstinate adherence to the ubiquity the Body of Christ and his or rather its real presence in and with the bread was a sad furtherance to the advocates of Popish idolatry and hierolatry.
1853, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, page 825
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hierolatry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hierolatry
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“hierolatry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hierolatry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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