half-idolatrously

Updated: April 30, 2025

And when "the spirit of God" moved upon the face of the depths upon the face of all the earth at whatever stage in the progress of our planet, from its original form to its present myriad-thronged condition of life, that transcendent event occurred, Nature, as we half-idolatrously worship her, received her first baptism of life, and her solemn consecration as "the vicar of God."

Horatius Flaccus - Life: Its True Genesis