onolatry

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onolatrīa, from the Ancient Greek ὀνολᾰτρείᾱ (onolătreíā), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) +‎ λᾰτρείᾱ (lătreíā, “worship”).

Noun

onolatry (usually uncountable, plural onolatries)

  1. Worship of the ass or donkey.
    • 1913, Charles George Herbermann, The Catholic Encyclopedia‎[1], Encyclopedia Press, page 793:
      The calumny of onolatry, or ass-worship, attributed by Tacitus and other writers to the Jews, was afterwards, by the hatred of the latter, transferred to the Christians.
  2. Preoccupation with or devotion to something foolish.

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