bibliolatric

English

Alternative forms

• bibliolatrical, Bibliolatrical

Etymology

From bibliolatry +‎ -ic.

Adjective

bibliolatric (comparative more bibliolatric, superlative most bibliolatric)

1. Relating to or exhibiting bibliolatry.

   Synonym: bibliolatrous

   • 1908, Charles Sarolea, “Why was Newman converted to Roman Catholicism?”, in Cardinal Newman and His Influence on Religious Life and Thought ([William Henry] Oliphant Smeaton, editor, The World’s Epoch-Makers), Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, page 73:

     In the Protestant religion, not only does the conflict also exist, but theoretically it is necessary, it is inevitable; for in bibliolatric Protestantism science and religion penetrate each other.

   • 1972, Austin Warren, “The Tradition of the Spiritual Life”, in Myron B. Bloy, Jr., editor, Search for the Sacred: The New Spiritual Quest, New York, N.Y.: The Seabury Press, →ISBN, part III (Confronting the “Sacred Yes”), page 120:

     Arnold’s “Hebraism and Hellenism,” in his Culture and Anarchy, is too patronizing of both the Anglican establishment and the bibliolatric nonconformists, but it can serve as partial text.

   • 1985 May, Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr., “Forewarning”, in Walter M. Miller, Jr., Martin H[arry] Greenberg, editors, Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-One Sermons to the Dead, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine, Inc., →ISBN, page 15:

     There seems to be growing enthusiasm for the extremist bibliolatric churches and ministers who believe the imminent future is literally mapped out by the Book of Revelations, consistent with their belief that Genesis is literal history.