mar1olater

[MARIOLATRY.] One who supports or practices Mariolatry. mär-I-ol-a-try, s . [Latin Maria = Mary, the Virgin Mary, and Gr. latreia =service, worship.] A term used by Protestants to expre what they consider undue honor paid to the Virgin Mary by Christians of the Greek and Roman communion, and by a certain section of Anglicans. It is considered that such devotion began in the fourth cen tury, and received a fresh impulse in the tenth. măr-i-o-nětte', s . [French, from mariolette , a dim in. of mariole a little figure of the Virgin Mary.] A puppet moved by strings.