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OP 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
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