Geolatry \Ge*ol"a*try\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ?
   worship.]
   The worship of the earth. --G. W. Cox. The Geological
   Series.

   Note: The science of geology, as treating of the history of
         the globe, involves a description of the different
         strata which compose its crust, their order of
         succession, characteristic forms of animal and
         vegetable life, etc. The principal subdivisions of
         geological time, and the most important strata, with
         their relative positions, are indicated in the
         following diagram. Geologer