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bibliolatry

[ bib-lee-ol-uh-tree ]

noun

  1. excessive reverence for the Bible as literally interpreted.
  2. extravagant devotion to or dependence upon books.


bibliolatry

/ ËŒ²úɪ²ú±ôɪˈɒ±ôÉ™³Ù°ùɪ /

noun

  1. excessive devotion to or reliance on the Bible
  2. extreme fondness for books
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ²ú¾±²úl¾±Â·´Ç±ôa·³Ù°ù´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bibliolatry1

First recorded in 1755–65; biblio- + -latry
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Yet deism deserves to be remembered as a strenuous protest against bibliolatry in every degree and against all traditionalism in theology.

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Having emancipated myself from the thraldom of bibliolatry and priestcraft generally, it is my aim to examine what seems to be my duty as a man and an integer of society.

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He was a part of New England's bibliolatry.

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It has been the home of rational religion for some years—of the religion of humanity—of religion purified from formalism, bibliolatry, and cant. 

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So far as Protestantism itself was concerned, it did not have in it, as a consequence of this bibliolatry, the intellectual vitality necessary to a true evolution.

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