Q: Word for "a lover of books about religion"?

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Jan 23 16:07:16 UTC 2006


With such apparent expertise and interest ... how about a word for "a
lover of books about religion"?  He goes to booksellers to peruse
such books, and probably has bought a number.

To parallel and extend "bibliophile", I have (with help elsewhere)
constructed "threskobibliophile".

Joel

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