geolatry

English

Etymology

From geo- +‎ -latry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːˈɒlətɹi/

Noun

geolatry (uncountable)

  1. The worship of the Earth.
    • 1864, George William Cox, Tales of Thebes and Argos:
      To this succeeded astrolatry in the East, and geolatry in the West, where the idea of the earth as a susceptible and productive agent led to the distinction of male and female divinities

References

“geolatry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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