A person who worships or venerates bread, particularly used historically to describe those who revered bread in religious contexts.
From Greek 'artos' (bread) + Latin '-later' (worshipper, from 'latria' meaning worship). Medieval theologians used this term for those who allegedly gave bread excessive religious reverence.
In medieval religious disputes, people were actually accused of being artolaters—criticized for showing too much reverence to bread during religious ceremonies, reflecting deep theological disagreements about the nature of the Eucharist.
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