English Explanatory Dictionary

archaeolatry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Worship of an antiquity; excessive veneration of antiquity.

Word forms

archaeolatry archæolatry archeolatry

Etymology

From archae- + -o- + -latry, from Ancient Greek: ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”) in combination with λατρεία (latreía, “service", "worship”).

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