rare. [ad. Gr. ἀνθρωπολατρεία man-worship, f. ἄνθρωπος man + λατρεία worship.] Man-worship; the giving of divine honors to a human being.
1658. Manton, Exp. Jude 16, Wks. 1871, V. 319. We may admire the gifts of God in others … but not so as to be guilty of anthropolatry, or man-worship.
1813. W. Taylor, in Month. Rev., LXXI. 477. The anthropolatry of the Greeks and Romans.
