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-latry

Also ‑later.

Worship of a specified thing.

Greek ‑latria, worship; ‑latrēs, worshipper.

Most words formed using these endings have negative implications. Examples include idolatry (Greek eidōlon, from eidos, form, shape), worship of idols; Mariolatry, idolatrous worship of the Virgin Mary; hagiolatry (Greek hagios, holy), the worship of saints, or undue veneration of a famous person; demonolatry, the worship of demons; bardolatry is a humorous term for excessive admiration of the Bard, Shakespeare. Names for worshippers end in ‑later: bardolater, idolater.

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