bibliolater

/ˌbɪbliˈɒlətə/

bibliolater means A worshipper of books, especially the Bible. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

bibliolater is pronounced /ˌbɪbliˈɒlətə/.

Why “bibliolater” is a great word

BIBLIOLATER — [Noun] A worshipper of books, especially one who adheres to an idolatrously literal interpretation of the Bible. From the combining form biblio- (from Greek biblion, "book") + -later (from Greek -latrēs, "worshipper"). First attested in 1820, likely coined by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Unlike a bibliophile, whose love is for the book as a vessel of beauty and knowledge, or a literalist, whose focus is on a strict interpretive method, the bibliolater is gripped by a devotional fervor that confuses the medium for the divine. It is the scent of crumbling leather mistaken for sanctified incense, the gilt-edged leaf revered more than the parable it bears, and the cold terror at a misplaced comma in holy writ—a faith that ultimately worships the cage, not the bird.

Etymology

From biblio- + -later.

noun

A worshipper of books, especially the Bible.“1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine Oh , glory of retribution to see the wicked judge of New England roasted in the fire which himself had kindled - to see the cruel bibliolater, in Hamlet's words , " hoist by his own petard . ””