geolatry

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geolatry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Geolatry \Ge*ol"a*try\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ?
     worship.]
     The worship of the earth. --G. W. Cox. The Geological Series
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     Note: The science of geology, as treating of the history of
           the globe, involves a description of the different
           strata which compose its crust, their order of
           succession, characteristic forms of animal and
           vegetable life, etc. The principal subdivisions of
           geological time, and the most important strata, with
           their relative positions, are indicated in the
           following diagram. Geologer