Thaumatolatry

Thaumatolatry
Thaumatolatry Thau`ma*tol"a*try (th[add]`m[.a]*t[o^]l"[.a]*tr[y^]), n. [Gr. qay^ma, qay`matos, a wonder + latrei`a worship.] Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things. [R.] [1913 Webster]

The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century. --Hare. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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