˜yÐÄvlog

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theolatry

[ thee-ol-uh-tree ]

noun

  1. worship of a deity.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of theolatry1

From the Greek word ³Ù³ó±ð´Ç±ô²¹³Ù°ù±ðí²¹, dating back to 1800–10. See theo-, -latry
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“Yahweh is a fertility god,†Miles provocatively suggests, whereas “Allah is a theolatry god†— theolatry meaning the worshiping of God alone.

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The lip-shapes that had meant seductiveness were now made to express supplication; the glow on the cheek that yesterday could be translated as riotousness was evangelized to-day into the splendour of pious rhetoric; animalism had become fanaticism; Paganism, Paulinism; the bold rolling eye that had flashed upon her form in the old time with such mastery now beamed with the rude energy of a theolatry that was almost ferocious.

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