necrolatry
noun
ne·crol·a·try
Definition of necrolatry
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: superstitious worship or veneration of the dead
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Origin and Etymology of necrolatry
Late Greek nekrolatreia, from Greek nekr- necr- + -latreia -latry
First Known Use: 1728
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