geolatry means the worship of the Earth. It carries an Arena rating of 1390, earned across 60 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, geolatry ranks #1,968 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #3,075 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #3,945 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #4,404 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words.
geolatry is pronounced /d͡ʒiːˈɒlətɹi/.
Why “geolatry” is a great word
GEOLATRY — [Noun] The worship of the Earth as a divine or sacred entity. From the combining form geo- (from Greek gē, meaning 'earth') + -latry (from Greek -latria, meaning 'worship'). Unlike geology, which dissects the planet's physical history with dispassionate analysis, or paganism, a broad canopy of nature-oriented traditions, geolatry is a specific, devotional prostration before the primal whole. It is the palm pressed to warm soil in supplication, the offering of grain sown back into the furrow, and the silent awe of a pilgrim lying face-down on a mossy forest floor. It is the quiet acknowledgment that we are not inhabitants of the world, but its fleeting produce.
Etymology
From geo- + -latry.
noun
- The worship of the Earth.e.g.“To this succeeded astrolatry in the East, and geolatry in the West, where the idea of the earth as a susceptible and productive agent led to the distinction of male and female divinities” — 1864, George William Cox, Tales of Thebes and Argos:
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