ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈälə.trē noun
( -es )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Mary (the Virgin Mary ), mother of Jesus + English -o- + -latry
1. : the worship of the Virgin Mary ; specifically : rendition to the Virgin Mary of the kind of worship held due to God alone
opposed to Mariolatry and superstition — B.J.Kidd
the tasteless excesses of Mariolatry — The Review of Religion
2. : extravagant idealization of woman arising from the worship of Mary
pretty conceits of Mariolatry — J.R.Green
preaches a sort of mellowed Mariolatry, a humorless exaltation of woman — H.L.Mencken