[f. Gr. σύμβολον SYMBOL sb.1 + λατρεία worship: see -LATRY.] Worship of or excessive veneration for symbols (in any sense). Also SYMBOLATRY, q.v.
1828. Pusey, Hist. Enq., I. 82. Confusion and symbololatry alone could arise from terming them [sc. books] ‘inspired.’
1888. Schaff, Hist. Chr. Ch., Mod. Chr., i. § 9. 40. This Protestant bibliolatry and symbololatry.
