Relating to or showing excessive worship or reverence for saints.
Derived from 'hagiolater' with the adjective suffix '-ous,' following the Greek roots 'hagios' (holy) + 'latreia' (worship), formed to describe the characteristics of saint worship.
This adjective appears mainly in religious criticism and theological debates, where scholars use it to distinguish between healthy saint reverence and what they consider problematic idolatry.
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