different between devotion vs onolatry

English

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Etymology

From Old French devocion, from Latin d?v?ti?, from d?v?tum +? -tio, from the supine of d?vove? (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??v????n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??vo???n/

Noun

devotion (usually uncountable, plural devotions)

1. (uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
2. (uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication
3. (uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
4. (countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)
5. (in the plural, obsolete) Religious offerings; alms.

Translations

Middle French

Noun

devotion f (plural devotions)

1. devotion (quality of being devoted)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onolatr?a, from the Ancient Greek ?????????? (onolatreí?), from ???? (ónos, “ass”) +? ??????? (latreí?, “worship”).

Noun

onolatry (usually uncountable, plural onolatries)

1. Worship of the ass or donkey.
2. Preoccupation with or devotion to something foolish.

References

• “onolatry”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000