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necrolatry

noun
ne·​crol·​a·​try | \ -ri\
plural -es

Definition of necrolatry

: superstitious worship or veneration of the dead

First Known Use of necrolatry

1728, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for necrolatry

Late Greek nekrolatreia, from Greek nekr- necr- + -latreia -latry

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