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)

1. (rare) basileiolatry
   • 1850, Dr Augustus Neander, translated by Joseph Torrey, 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.

Translations

basileiolatry — see basileiolatry