bibliolatry noun2 •Excessive admiration for a book. •Specifically, excessive reverence for, or worship of, the Bible or Qur'an, especially as taken literally.Bibliolatry led to a phobia about swearing; rejection of the Bible made it possible again, and with it a release of the repressions which gave the Puritan middle class their moral energy. — 1972 formsbibliolatries