Complete Definition of "goniolatry"

English
Etymology
From Greek γ�νια �angle� + -λα��εια �worship�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /g��nɪ'�l�tɹi/

Noun
goniolatry

  1. the worship of angles

#:*1997: He had turn�d the same covetous Angles as the Welshman,� tho� perhaps never as many, for Shelby seem�d seiz�d with Goniolatry, or the Worship of Angles, defining tracts of virgin Land by as many of these exhilarating Instrumental Sweeps, as possible. � Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

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