Definitions
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- noun the worship of words
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Time, time only, can gradually wean us from our _Epeolatry_, or word-worship, by spiritualizing our ideas of the thing signified.
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Time, time only, can gradually wean us from our Epeolatry, or word-worship, by spiritualizing our ideas of the thing signified.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Time, time only, can gradually wean us from our Epeolatry, or word-worship, by spiritualizing our ideas of the thing signified.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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