thaumatolatry

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noun

Worship or undue admiration of wondrousl or miraculous things.

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miracle-worship
Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounthaumatolatry (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableWorship or undue admiration of wondrousl or miraculous things.

    the thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century

    1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe worship of miracles

Similar
miracle-worship
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

thaumatolatry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thaumatolatry

MLA

“thaumatolatry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thaumatolatry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thaumatolatry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thaumatolatry.

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