arborolatry
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin arbor (“tree”) + -latry
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
arborolatry (uncountable)
- The worship of trees.
- 1873, C. Stanliand Wake, “The influence of the phallic idea in the religions of antiquity”, in Journal of anthropology:
- It is now generally supposed that the forbidden fruit was a kind of citrus, but certain facts connected with arborolatry seem to me to disprove this opinion.
- 1894, John McClintock, Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature[1], volume 4, page 241:
- Trcesof this arborolatry still exist everywhere, both in Moslem and Christian countries; and even the Persians, who abhorred images as much as the Hebrews ever did, rendered homage to certain trees.
- 2006, Stephen H. Lekson, The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon, page 43:
- The Seven Sins of Archaeology: (1) Mono-Arborolatry: Worshipping one particular tree above the forest […]