Sentence:  The target of defamation has been hurled from the pulpit and every rostrum upheaved to foster indolence and selfish principality of power. This mock heroism, or <WSD>Herodism</WSD>, is disgusting and sickening to a soul capable of finding worth outside of the world's pomp .and glitter, — outside of her charnel-house of ostentatious merit. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Indulgence in or worship of worldly spectacle and power rather than that which is good or worthy.