Destiny Group: Forms of Worship

Monday, April 02, 2007

Forms of Worship

This list of 60 words refers to forms of worship - not specific religions or belief systems, but rather terms that denote a specific object of worship, be it saints, snakes or whatever. Related word lists you might want to check out are those for philosophical 'isms' and ecclesiastical terms. The words in this list mostly end in "-latry", from the Greek latreuein, to worship.

Word List:

• Aischrolatry: worship of filth, dirt, or smut

• Allotheism: belief in or worship of strange gods

• Angelolatry: worship of or belief in angels

• Anthropolatry: worship of human beings

• Arborolatry: worship of trees

• Archaeolatry: worship of archaic things or old customs

• Astrolatry: worship of stars

• Autolatry: self-worship

• Bardolatry: excessive devotion to or worship of Shakespeare

• Bibliolatry: worship of the bible or other books

• Christolatry: worship of Christ

• Cosmolatry: worship of the world

• Cynolatry: worship of dogs

• Demonolatry: worship of or devotion to demons

• Dendrolatry: worship of trees

• Ecclesiolatry: excessive devotion to church tradition and form

• Epeolatry: worship of words

• Episcopolatry: worship of bishops

• Gamidolatry: worship of marriage

• Gastrolatry: gluttony; excessive love of food

• Geolatry: earth-worship

• Grammatolatry: worship of letters and words

• Gyniolatry: deep respect or devotion for women

• Hagiolatry: worship or reverence for saints

• Heliolatry: sun worship

• Hierolatry: worship of saints or sacred things

• Hygeiolatry: excessive devotion to health

• Ichthyolatry: the worship of fish

• Iconolatry: image-worship

• Ideolatry: worship of ideas

• Idiolatry: self-worship; egotism

• Idolatry: worship of idols

• Ignicolist: fire-worshipper

• Litholatry: stone-worship

• Lordolatry: worship of nobility

• Mariolatry: worship of the virgin mother

• Martyrolatry: excessive devotion to martyrs

• Mechanolatry: worship of machines

• Monolatry: worship of one god without excluding belief in others

• Necrolatry: worship of the dead

• Neolatry: worship of novelty

• Onolatry: worship of asses or donkeys

• Ophiolatry: worship of snakes

• Ophism: snake-worship

• Pandemonism: worship of spirits dwelling in all forms of nature

• Parthenolatry: worship of the virgin marry

• Patriolatry: excessive devotion or worship of one's native country

• Physiolatry: nature-worship

• Planetolatry: worship of the planets

• Plutolatry: worship of wealth

• Poetolatry: worship of poets

• Pseudolatry: false worship

• Pyrolatry: fire-worship

• Selenolatry: worship of the moon

• Statolatry: worship of the state

• Staurolatry: worship of the cross or crucifix

• Symbolatry: undue worship of symbols

• Thaumatolatry: worship of miracles or wonders

• Theriolatry: animal-worship

• Zoolatry: excessive devotion to animals or pets

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