lexicographicolatry

[neologism, from lexicographic + Gk latriea, worship]

reverence for "the dictionary"*

"The writer John Algeo, suggesting that only the Bible
is similarly revered, has coined the word
"lexicographicolatry" for the concept. That the book
became "more venerated than used.. mattered little.""
- Jonathon Green, Chasing the Sun

*sometimes referred to as the UAD: Unidentifed Authorizing Dictionary