Acing Vocabulary

Through Root Words

Set 6
What do we mean by BARDOLATRY
Latry
Worship

Worship of

Comes from the GREEK WORD- LATREIA- service paid to the Gods
verbolatry
Noun

The worship of words

Grammatolatory

Word worship

Cultism, veneration, devotion

androlatry
The worship of man

Androlatrous- Adjective- worshipping a man

GYNOLATRY- the worship of women

angelolatry
The worshipping of angels
antholatry
Worship of flowers
anthropolatry
The worship of humans

anthropolater
autolatry
The worship of oneself
bardolatry
Coined by George Bernard Shaw in 1901

Excessive or religious worship of William Shakespeare

poetolatry
Excessive or religious WORSHIP OF POETS

C S Lewis (1936)- poetolatry

basileolatry
Worship of King
bibliolatry
Excessive admiration for A BOOK

Especially the HOLY BIBLE

Bibliolater- worshipper of books, especially the BIBLE

christolatry
The worship of Christ
Jesusolatry
The worship of Jesus
chronolatry
Worship of TIME

Chrono- time

Latry- worship
cynolatry
The worship of DOGS
demolatry
Worship of people rather than GODS

Demonolatry- WORSHIP of DEMONS

Diabololatry- (Diabolos- Devil)- devil worship

dendrolatry
Dendron- tree

The worship of Trees

ecclesiolatry
Excessive dedication to the CHURCH as an institution rather than to the
religion it serves

Ecclesiolater- one who shows excessive dedication to Church

gastrolatry
Extreme devotion to eating or food
geolatry
Worship of The EARTH
gerontolatry
Worship of OLD PEOPLE
hagiolatry
The worship of SAINTS

Hagiolater- one who practices the worship of SAINTS

heliolatry
Worship of SUN
hoplolatry
The worship of weapons
hydrolatry
The worship of water
ophiolatry
Snake worship
plutolatry
The worship of money

Excessive fondness or greed of wealth

pyrolatry
The worship of fire
selenolatry
The worship of MOON
taurolatry
The worship of BULLS
thanatolatry
The worship of death
topolatry
The worship of a particular place
vexillolatry
The worship of flag or flags
zoolatry
The worship of animals
necrolatry
Worship of the dead
Thank You