ecclesiolatryn.
/ɛˌkliːzɪˈɒlətri/ Worship of the church; excessive reverence for church forms and traditions.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] > excessive devotion to
churchism1741
churchianity1770
ecclesiolatry1847
ecclesiasticism1862
triumphalism1964
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [noun] > conformity to > slavish
formalizinga1656
externalness1667
rituality1679
externality1833
ritualism1838
rubricism1840
ecclesiolatry1847
ceremonialism1854
externalism1856
formalism1856
exterioritya1875
liturgism1926
spikery1965
1847 J. W. Donaldson Vindic. Protestant Princ. 26 The Anglican Ecclesiolatry of the Archbishop.
1853 Conybeare Ess. Eccl. & Soc. (1855) 161 If a champion of ecclesiolatry is qualified..to render good service to his partisans, etc.
1881 Crawford in Church Bells 25 June 477/2 The uncompromising ecclesiolatry which many goodmen have..adopted as part of their religion.
Derivatives
ecclesiˈolater n. [compare idolater] one who is guilty of ‘ecclesiolatry’.
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1847 J. W. Donaldson Vindic. Protestant Princ. Pref. p. vii With regard to the Ecclesiolaters.
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