List of latries

This is the list of latries with brief definitions of what specific things are worshipped. The suffix -latry displayed in every term comes from the Late Latin word *latria*, from Ancient Greek λατρεία (*latreía*), meaning worship. All of the following terms have prefixes originated from the corresponding word in Greek and Latin.

Note that the term *latry* coming from its corresponding suffix is analogous to the real term phobia that comes from the suffix -phobia.

## A–B

* Alatry – worship of anything non-religious
* Abstractolatry – worship of abstract things
* Achluolatry – worship of darkness (also known as nyctolatry)
* Adamolatry – worship of diamonds
* Adolescentolatry – worship of teenagers
* Adultolatry – worship of adults
* Aerolatry – worship of air
* Aerolitholatry – worship of meteors and meteorites (also known as meteorolatry)
* Agnostolatry – worship of the unknown
* Agrostolatry – worship of grass
* Ailurolatry – worship of cats (also known as felinolatry or felilatry)
* Aitholatry – worship of aether
* Alektorolatry – worship of chickens
* Alienolatry – worship of aliens
* Algolatry – worship of pain
* Allocotolatry – worship of oddity
* Amasolatry – worship of one's lover
* Amatholatry – worship of dust (also known as koniolatry)
* Amicolatry or amilatry – worship of one's friends
* Amitalatry – worship of one's aunts
* Androlatry – worship of men (also known as masculinolatry, masculilatry or masculatry)
* Anemolatry – worship of wind
* Angelolatry – worship of angels
* Angrolatry – worship of anger
* Animotolatry – worship of emotions or feelings
* Antholatry – worship of flowers
* Anthropolatry or anthrolatry – worship of humans (also known as demolatry and homolatry)
* Aomalatry – worship of healing
* Apeirolatry – worship of eternity or infinity
* Apollymolatry – worship of destruction
* Aqualatry – worship of water (also known as hydrolatry)
* Arachnolatry – worship of spiders
* Arborolatry – worship of trees (also known as dendrolatry)
* Archaeolatry or archæolatry – worship of archaic things and/or ancient sites (also known as paleolatry)
* Arctolatry – worship of bears (also known as ursalatry)
* Areolatry – worship of planet Mars
* Argentolatry – worship of silver
* Artemolatry – worship of art
* Artolatry – worship of bread
* Astralatry – worship of thunder and lightning (also known as brontolatry)
* Astrolatry – worship of stars
* Athlemolatry – worship of sports
* Atycholatry – worship of failures and defeats
* Aurolatry – worship of gold
* Autolatry – worship of oneself (also known as idiolatry)
* Aviolatry – worship of birds (also known as ornitholatry)
* Avunculolatry or avunculatry – worship of one's uncles
* Bardolatry – worship of William Shakespeare
* Basilolatry, basileolatry or basileiolatry – worship of the king
* Bibliolatry – worship of books
* Biolatry – worship of life
* Blancolatry – worship of white people
* Boolatry – worship of cows
* Botanolatry – worship of plants (also known as phytolatry)
* Brepholatry – worship of babies
* Brontolatry – worship of thunder and lightning (also known as astralatry)

## C–F

* Cacolatry – worship of evil (alternate spelling of kakolatry)
* Caelolatry – worship of the sky
* Callolatry – worship of beauty
* Caninolatry or canilatry – worship of dogs (also known as cynolatry)
* Capralatry – worship of goats
* Carcerolatry – worship of prison
* Carnolatry – worship of meats
* Catastrolatry – worship of disasters
* Causalitolatry – worship of causality
* Cedeialatry – worship of funerals
* Cetalatry – worship of whales
* Chemolatry – worship of chemicals
* Chionolatry – worship of snow
* Chlorolatry – worship of color green (also known as prasinolatry)
* Chrematolatry – worship of money
* Christolatry – worship of Christ (same as jesusolatry)
* Christougenniatikolatry – worship of Christmas
* Chromolatry – worship of colors
* Chronolatry – worship of time
* Chrysolatry – worship of color orange
* Cinematolatry – worship of movies
* Climatolatry – worship of climate
* Cognatilatry – worship of one's cousins
* Cometolatry – worship of comets
* Copainolatry – worship of one's boyfriend
* Coprolatry – worship of feces
* Cosmolatry – worship of the world
* Cryolatry – worship of cold (also known as frigolatry)
* Cuprolatry – worship of copper and bronze
* Cyanolatry – worship of color blue
* Cyberlatry or cybertheism – worship of computers
* Cyclonolatry – worship of tropical cyclones, e.g. hurricanes
* Cynolatry – worship of dogs (alternate spelling of kynolatry; also known as caninolatry or canilatry)
* Cytherolatry – worship of planet Venus
* Delphinolatry or delpholatry – worship of dolphins
* Demolatry – worship of people (also known as anthropolatry or anthrolatry and homolatry)
* Demonolatry – worship of demons
* Dendrolatry – worship of trees (also known as arborolatry)
* Deprecolatry – worship of curses
* Diabololatry – worship of devils
* Dinolatry or deinolatry – worship of dinosaurs
* Dolorolatry – worship of suffering
* Domatolatry – worship of houses
* Dracolatry – worship of dragons
* Ecclesiolatry – worship of churches
* Edapholatry – worship of soils
* Electrolatry – worship of electricity
* Elepholatry – worship of elephants (also known as pachydermolatry)
* Enkhenumerolatry – worship of negative numbers
* Entomolatry – worship of insects
* Epeolatry – worship of words (also known as logolatry and grammatolatry)
* Episcolatry – worship of bishops
* Eremolatry – worship of deserts
* Erythrolatry – worship of color red
* Ethnolatry – worship of groups of people by nation, race, etc.
* Eukololatry – worship of happiness
* Eupistolatry – worship of faith
* Eutychemolatry – worship of luck
* Eventolatry – worship of a particular event
* Familolatry or familatry – worship of one's family members
* Felinolatry or felilatry – worship of cats (also known as ailurolatry)
* Feminolatry or femilatry – worship of women (also known as gynolatry or gynecolatry)
* Ferrolatry – worship of iron
* Fictolatry – worship of fiction
* Filolatry – worship of one's children (also known as prololatry)
* Fratrolatry – worship of one's brothers
* Frigolatry – worship of cold (also known as cryolatry)
* Fructolatry – worship of fruits

## G–K

* Galalatry or galatry – worship of milk (also known as lactolatry)
* Gamolatry – worship of marriage
* Gastrolatry – worship of food
* Genealatry – worship of the family
* Geniolatry – worship of spirits (also known as pneumatolatry)
* Genilatry – worship of birth
* Geolatry – worship of the Earth
* Geometrolatry – worship of geometrical figures (same as morpholatry)
* Gerontolatry – worship of elderly people (also known as senilatry)
* Glaucolatry – worship of color gray
* Glossolatry – worship of language
* Grammatolatry – worship of words (also known as logolatry and epeolatry)
* Grammolatry – worship of letters
* Grandolatry – worship of hail
* Grapholatry – worship of written characters and texts (also known as scriptolatry)
* Gratiarolatry – worship of Thanksgiving
* Gynolatry or gynecolatry – worship of women (also known as feminolatry or femilatry)
* Hadeolatry – worship of Hell (also known as stygiolatry)
* Hædolatry – worship of kids (also known as juvenolatry)
* Hagiolatry – worship of saints (also known as hierolatry)
* Halitolatry – worship of breath
* Hamartiolatry – worship of sin
* Heirolatry – worship of sacred things or places
* Heliolatry – worship of the sun (also known as solarolatry)
* Hemolatry – worship of blood
* Henolatry – worship of number 1
* Heortolatry – worship of holidays
* Hermeolatry – worship of planet Mercury
* Herolatry – worship of heroes
* Hexahexahexalatry – worship of number 666
* Hierolatry – worship of saints (also known as hagiolatry)
* Hippolatry – worship of horses
* Hispanolatry – worship of Hispanic people
* Historolatry – worship of history
* Homichlolatry – worship of fog
* Homolatry – worship of humans (also known as anthropolatry or anthrolatry and demolatry)
* Hoplolatry – worship of weapons
* Hydrolatry – worship of water (also known as aqualatry)
* Hygeiolatry – worship of health or hygiene
* Hygrolatry – worship of humidity
* Hylikolatry – worship of materials
* Hylolatry – worship of forests
* Hypnolatry – worship of sleep (also known as somnolatry)
* Ichthyolatry – worship of fish (also known as piscolatry)
* Iconolatry – worship of icons
* Ideolatry – worship of intellect
* Idiolatry – worship of oneself (also known as autolatry)
* Idolatry – worship of idols
* Indolatry – worship of Indian people
* Infantolatry – worship of infancy
* Internetolatry or internetheism – worship of the Internet
* Ipsolatry – worship of one's girlfriend
* Irenolatry – worship of peace
* Jesusolatry – worship of Jesus Christ (same as christolatry)
* Juniorolatry – worship of younger people
* Juvenolatry – worship of juveniles (also known as hædolatry)
* Kairolatry – worship of weather
* Kakolatry – worship of evil (alternate spelling of cacolatry)
* Kastanolatry – worship of color brown
* Koniolatry – worship of dust (also known as amatholatry)
* Kronolatry – worship of planet Saturn
* Kynolatry – worship of dogs (alternate spelling of cynolatry; also known as caninolatry or canilatry)

## L–O

* Lachanolatry – worship of vegetables
* Lactolatry – worship of milk (also known as galalatry or galatry)
* Lapillolatry – worship of gems
* Latrolatry – worship of worship
* Leolatry – worship of lions
* Lepidopterolatry – worship of butterflies
* Leukolatry – worship of color white
* Libertatolatry – worship of Independence Day
* Limnolatry – worship of lakes or ponds
* Litholatry – worship of stones
* Logolatry – worship of words (also known as epeolatry and grammatolatry)
* Lordolatry – worship of lords
* Ludectrolatry – worship of video games
* Ludilolatry – worship of toys
* Ludolatry – worship of games
* Lunalatry – worship of moon (also known as selenolatry)
* Lupolatry – worship of wolves (also known as lycolatry)
* Lycolatry – worship of wolves (also known as lupolatry)
* Lypolatry – worship of sadness
* Mageirolatry — worship of cooking
* Mariolatry or Maryolatry – worship of the Virgin Mary
* Maritolatry – worship of one's spouse
* Martyrolatry – worship of martyrs
* Masculinolatry, masculilatry or masculatry – worship of men (also known as androlatry)
* Mathemolatry – worship of math
* Matrolatry – worship of one's mother
* Mechanolatry – worship of machines
* Meganumerolatry – worship of large numbers
* Melanolatry – worship of color black
* Mellontolatry – worship of the future
* Melolatry – worship of music
* Metalolatry or metalatry – worship of metals
* Meteorolatry – worship of meteors and meteorites (also known as aerolitholatry)
* Misolatry – worship of hatred
* Mnemolatry – worship of memories
* Monolatry – worship of a single deity
* Morpholatry – worship of shapes (same as geometrolatry)
* Musolatry – worship of mice and rats
* Mythistorolatry – worship of novels
* Mytholatry – worship of myths
* Natolatry – worship of one's daughters
* Necrolatry – worship of the dead
* Neolatry – worship of new things
* Negrolatry – worship of black people
* Neoannolatry – worship of New Year
* Nepholatry – worship of clouds
* Nepolatry – worship of one's nephews
* Neptolatry – worship of one's nieces
* Neraidolatry – worship of fairies
* Niblolatry – worship of one's niblings (collectively nephews and nieces)
* Nihilolatry or nihilatry – worship of nothingness (also known as oudenolatry)
* Noctolatry – worship of night
* Noctualatry – worship of owls
* Nosolatry – worship of illnesses or diseases
* Nousolatry – worship of mind
* Numerolatry – worship of numbers
* Nyctolatry – worship of darkness (also known as achluolatry)
* Nynolatry – worship of the present
* Ocholatry – worship of vehicles
* Oikolatry – worship of home
* Olfactolatry – worship of odors (also known as osmolatry)
* Ombrolatry – worship of rain
* Oneirolatry – worship of dreams
* Onolatry – worship of asses and donkeys
* Ophiolatry – worship of snakes or serpents (also known as serpentolatry)
* Opinatolatry – worship of imagination
* Orientolatry – worship of Oriental people
* Ornitholatry – worship of birds (also known as aviolatry)
* Orolatry – worship of mountains
* Oryctolatry – worship of minerals
* Osmolatry – worship of odors (also known as olfactolatry)
* Oudenolatry – worship of nothingness (also known as nihilolatry or nihilatry)
* Ovinolatry – worship of sheep

P

* Pachydermolatry – worship of elephants (also known as elepholatry)
* Pagolatry – worship of ice
* Paleolatry – worship of old things (also known as archaeolatry or archæolatry)
* Panolatry – worship of everything
* Papyrolatry – worship of paper
* Pardalolatry – worship of leopards
* Pareltholatry – worship of the past
* Parrilatry – worship of one's parents
* Parthenolatry – worship of virgins
* Pascholatry – worship of Easter
* Patricolatry – worship of St. Patrick's
* Patriolatry – worship of one's native country
* Patrolatry – worship of one's father
* Patruelolatry – worship of one's male cousins
* Peniolatry – worship of poverty
* Persicolatry – worship of color peach
* Petifilolatry – worship of one's grandchildren
* Petimatrolatry – worship of one's grandmother
* Petinatolatry – worship of one's granddaughter
* Petiparrilatry – worship of one's grandparent
* Petipatrolatry – worship of one's grandfather
* Petiprognatolatry – worship of one's grandsons
* Petolatry – worship of one's pets
* Petrolatry – worship of rocks and minerals
* Pharmacolatry – worship of medicines
* Phasmolatry – worship of ghosts
* Philolatry – worship of love
* Philosopholatry – worship of philosophy
* Phobolatry – worship of fear
* Phonolatry – worship of sound
* Photolatry – worship of light
* Phycolatry — worship of algae
* Phyllolatry – worship of leaves
* Physicolatry – worship of physical things
* Physiolatry – worship of nature
* Phytolatry – worship of plants (also known as botanolatry)
* Piblolatry – worship of one's piblings (collectively uncles and aunts)
* Pictolatry – worship of pictures
* Piscolatry – worship of fish (also known as ichthyolatry)
* Pithanolatry – worship of probabilities
* Pithecolatry – worship of apes and monkeys
* Planetolatry – worship of planets
* Plutolatry – worship of wealth
* Pneumatolatry – worship of spirits (also known as geniolatry)
* Poetolatry – worship of poets or of poetry
* Polemolatry – worship of wars
* Popolatry – worship of the pope
* Porphyrolatry – worship of color purple
* Potamolatry – worship of rivers or of running water
* Pragmaticolatry – worship of reality
* Pragmolatry – worship of objects
* Prasinolatry – worship of color green (also known as chlorolatry)
* Prognatolatry – worship of one's sons
* Progonolatry – worship of ancestors
* Prololatry – worship of one's offsprings (also known as filolatry)
* Prophetolatry – worship of prophecies
* Prosopolatry – worship of a particular person
* Psammolatry – worship of sand
* Pseudolatry – false worship; worship of lie
* Psycholatry – worship of souls
* Puellolatry or puellatry – worship of girls
* Puerolatry – worship of boys
* Pyrolatry – worship of fire

## R–Z

* Realmolatry – worship of realm
* Rhodolatry – worship of color pink
* Robotolatry – worship of robots
* Salutolatry – worship of salvation
* Samhainolatry – worship of Halloween
* Satanolatry – worship of Satan
* Scientolatry – worship of science
* Sciolatry – worship of shadows
* Scolionolatry – worship of school
* Scriptolatry – worship of written characters and texts (also known as grapholatry)
* Seasolatry – worship of seasons
* Sedatolatry – worship of silence
* Seismolatry – worship of earthquakes
* Selenolatry – worship of the moon (also known as lunalatry)
* Senilatry – worship of elderly people (also known as gerontolatry)
* Seniorolatry – worship of older people
* Serpentolatry – worship of snakes or serpents (also known as ophiolatry)
* Sexolatry – worship of sex
* Siblolatry – worship of one's siblings
* Sobrinolatry – worship of one's female cousins
* Sociolatry – worship of society
* Socrolatry – worship of one's parents-in-law
* Solarolatry – worship of the sun (also known as heliolatry)
* Somnolatry – worship of sleep (also known as hypnolatry)
* Sororolatry – worship of one's sisters
* Spanolatry – worship of improbable events
* Spectrolatry – worship of mirrors
* Staurolatry – worship of the cross or crucifix
* Statolatry – worship of the state
* Stygiolatry – worship of Hell (also known as hadeolatry)
* Symbololatry – worship of symbols
* Sympanolatry – worship of the universe
* Taurolatry – worship of bulls
* Technolatry or technotheism – worship of technology
* Telmatolatry — worship of swamps
* Tempestolatry – worship of storms
* Thalaasolatry – worship of seas
* Thanatolatry – worship of death
* Thaumatolatry – worship of miracles
* Theolatry – worship of a god or gods
* Theriolatry – worship of wild animals
* Thermolatry – worship of heat or temperature
* Threskeolatry – worship of religion
* Tigrolatry – worship of tigers
* Toketolatry – worship of birth
* Tokolatry – worship of pregnancy
* Topolatry – worship of a particular place
* Toxolatry — worship of poisons
* Traumalatry – worship of injuries
* Tribolatry – worship of tribes
* Tricholatry — worship of hair
* Trilatry – worship of number three
* Tridecalatry – worship of number 13
* Turbolatry – worship of tornadoes
* Tycholatry – worship of randomness
* Uranolatry – worship of Heaven
* Urinolatry – worship of urine
* Ursalatry – worship of bears (also known as arctolatry)
* Uxorrolatry – worship of one's wife
* Valentinolatry – worship of Valentine's
* Veritolatry – worship of truth
* Vestiolatry – worship of clothing
* Vexillolatry – worship of a flag or flags
* Victorolatry – worship of victories
* Virolatry – worship of one's husband
* Volcanolatry – worship of volcanoes
* Xantholatry – worship of color yellow
* Xenolatry – worship of foreigners or strangers
* Xylolatry – worship of wood
* Zenolatry – worship of planet Jupiter
* Zodiacolatry – worship of zodiac signs
* Zoolatry or zoölatry – worship of animals