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Hierolatry

Definition: Hierolatry

Hierolatry

Noun

1. Worship of saints.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hierolatry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1892. (references)

Etymology: Hierolatry \Hi`er*ol"a*try\, noun. [from Greek expression "iero`s sacred worship, to worship.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Synonyms: Hierolatry

Synonyms: hagiolatry (n), worship of saints (n). (additional references)

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Rhyming with "Hierolatry"

Words rhyming with "hierolatry" (pronounced 'Hi`er*ol"a*try'): Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Aerometry, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Alkalimetry, Altimetry, Ancestry, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Apomecometry, Areometry, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Attry, Autolatry, Avowtry, Baculometry, Ballatry, Baptisteries, Baptistery, Baptistry, Barometry, Barratry, Bathymetry, Bibliolatry, Bijoutry, Biochemistry, Biometry, Calorimetry, Cardiometry, Carpentry, Centry, Cephalometry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chronometry, Clinometry. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Hierolatry

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-o-r-r-t-y"

-2 letters: aerolith, earthily, harlotry, heartily, literary, retailor, rhyolite.

-3 letters: airhole, aliyoth, earthly, helotry, heritor, hoarier, hoarily, hyalite, irately, lathery, lathier, loather, orality, rathole, reality, realtor, relator, retiary, retrial, tearily, trailer.

-4 letters: aerily, aliyot, artery, artier, artily, earthy, elytra, eolith, hailer, halite, halter, harlot, hearty, heriot, holier, horary, hyetal, irater, irreal, lather, liroth, lither, loathe.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-l-o-r-r-t-y"
 

+2 letters: rhetorically.

 

+3 letters: hyperrational.

 

+4 letters: erythroblastic, praiseworthily.

 

+5 letters: prehistorically, radiotelegraphy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hierolatry


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 69 65 72 6F 6C 61 74 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    ..    .    .-.    ---    .-..    .-    -    .-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01101001 01100101 01110010 01101111 01101100 01100001 01110100 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#105 &#101 &#114 &#111 &#108 &#97 &#116 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0069 0065 0072 006F 006C 0061 0074 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42757184817867868491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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