Why this word is great
ANGELOLATRY — [Noun] The worship of angels. From angel ("heavenly being") + -o- (connecting vowel) + -latry ("worship"), it is the veneration of celestial intermediaries rather than the divine itself. Unlike "angelology" (which catalogues hierarchies with scholastic detachment) or "idolatry" (which kneels before graven images), angelolatry is the quiet devotion to beings of light—lesser, but nearer. It is the scent of beeswax candles burning before a painted icon of Michael, the weight of a feather tucked into a prayer book, the whispered plea to Raphael for healing in the small hours when God feels too vast to approach. A faith that kneels not at the throne, but in its antechamber.