Home › Words › A › antholatryantholatryantholatry means worship of flowers.EtymologyFrom antho- + -latry.nounworship of flowerse.g.“He thinks he has invariably noticed, that amongst primitive nations, zoolatry has been more in vogue than antholatry.” — 1838, Moses Mendelssohn, Jerusalem: A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Authority and Judaism (Church and state), DegUAAAAYAAJ:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anthophilia 68% match — The love of flowers. vs antholatry →anthropolatry 65% match — The worship of a human or humans. vs antholatry →anthropolatrous 62% match — Worshipping a person or people. vs antholatry →anthropolater 62% match — A worshipper of a human or humans. vs antholatry →anthophagy 62% match — feeding on flowers vs antholatry →dendrolatry 61% match — The worship of trees. vs antholatry →arborolatry 61% match — The worship of trees. vs antholatry →hierolatry 61% match — The worship of saints vs antholatry →