-latry

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-latry repr. Gr. -latreíā worship, as in eidōlolatreíā IDOLATRY. On this model have been formed, e.g., bibliolatry, Mariolatry; cf. -O-. The corr. personal designations end in -later (Gr. -latrēs), the adjs. in -latrous.

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