A person who worships or excessively reveres books as sacred or supremely important objects.
From biblio- (Greek biblion 'book') + -later (Greek latres 'worshipper'). A 19th-century term that emerged alongside religiously-motivated book collecting and bibliographic scholarship.
Bibliolaters see books almost as religious objects—this actually has deep roots in Christian and Jewish tradition where sacred texts were literally venerated as divine containers, not just message-carriers.
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