grammatolatryn.
/ɡraməˈtɒlətri/ The worship of letters; adherence to the letter (of Scripture).
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > strict adherence to
gymnobiblism1826
textuality1836
Biblicism1843
scripturalism1845
bibliolatry1847
grammatolatry1847
textualism1863
Biblism1879
society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > one skilled in orthography > worship of letters, adherence to letter
grammatolatry1847
1847 C. W. Buch tr. K. R. Hagenbach Compend. Hist. Doctr. II. 230 This rigid adherence to the very letter of Scripture (Grammatolatry).
1869 Southern Rev. July 42 Webster and Trench are both guilty of grammatolatry, in regarding certain changes in words as ‘details of spelling’.
1871 R. D. Owen Debatable Land 99 The worship of words is more pernicious than the worship of images; grammatolatry is the worst species of idolatry.
Derivatives
grammaˈtolator n. [compare idolator] a stickler for the forms of words.
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society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > one skilled in orthography > stickler for forms of words
grammatolator1869
1869 Southern Rev. July 42 As a grammatolator he follows certain dictionaries..in suppressing a useful word pronounced pleat, by making it sound like plate, because book-makers present it under the form of ‘plait’.
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