vexillolatry
English
Etymology
vexillo- + -latry
Noun
vexillolatry (uncountable)
- (theology) The worship of a flag or flags.
- 2000, Douglas Fethering, Travels by Night, →ISBN, pages 42-43:
- Beginning when I was about twelve, I railed, silently, against having to begin school each day by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, with right hand over heart, if you can imagine such shameless vexillolatry.
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Related terms
- vexillology
- vexillophilia