antholatry

English

Etymology

From antho- +‎ -latry.

Noun

antholatry (uncountable)

1. (religion) worship of flowers
   • 1838, Moses Mendelssohn, Jerusalem: A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Authority and Judaism (Church and state), DegUAAAAYAAJ:

     He thinks he has invariably noticed, that amongst primitive nations, zoolatry has been more in vogue than antholatry.

   • 1849, Eclectic and Congregational Review, volume 25 (English literature), 9sFKAQAAMAAJ, page 203:

     The present orchido-mania is therefore likely to be a passion of a far more lasting description than the other forms of antholatry which at different periods have swayed the human that is to say the human horticulturist's heart.