basileolatry
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek βασιλε(ύς) (basile(ús), “king”) + English -latry (from the Ancient Greek λατρεία (latreía, “worship”); compare basilean, basileiolatry, and basilolatry.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: băsĭlĭŏʹlətri, IPA(key): /basɪlɪˈɒlətɹi/
Noun
basileolatry (uncountable)
- (rare) basileiolatry
- 1850, Dr Augustus Neander [aut.] and Joseph Torrey [tr.], General History of the Christian Religion and Church III, page xvii
- Against the Byzantine Basileolatry.
- 1938, Robert Briffault, The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, pages 114–115
- Before the Reform Bill anything resembling the neurosis of English Basileolatry was even more completely unknown.
- 1850, Dr Augustus Neander [aut.] and Joseph Torrey [tr.], General History of the Christian Religion and Church III, page xvii
Translations
basileiolatry — see basileiolatry
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