Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Worship of the dead; worship of the spirits of the dead, or of ancestors; excessive veneration or sentimental reverence toward the dead.
Wiktionary
- n. The practice of worshipping or revering the dead.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The worship of the dead; manes worship.
Etymologies
- necro- + -latry (Wiktionary)
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘necrolatry’.
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phrontistery - n
from phrontistery.info
nacarat, nacelle, nacket, nacre, nacreous, naevus, naiant, nail, nainsook, naissant, nanism, nanization and 340 more...
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goodkitten's list
there is going to be a lot of words...
flammivomous, pep, electrolyzation, research, constrain, why, refrigerator, invisible, windblown, curate's egg, echoism, drumble and 103 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Ecology
apishamore, argonaut, latent, unbacked, dichotomy, noctilucent, assoil, animalcule, succinct, vespertine, crozzle, vermilion and 15 more...
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 856 more...
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Lee's List
Words I like, and should try to use more often.
insipid, laconic, clandestine, quizzical, endeavor, sanguine, crestfallen, apocryphal, purloin, moribund, facetious, rancor and 68 more...
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Blood Matters?
legerdemain, eidolon, soucouyant, grawlix, foin, thanatism, chichevache, uloid, vellicate, victimate, bildungsroman, lambent and 63 more...
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Just Some Words Learned
words I've learned and liked this summer (2012)
bigot, wanker, poppycock, gobsmacked, cock up, necrolatry, whangdoodle, diddle, badinage, cormorant, light-o'-love, capricious and 11 more...
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