Hierophilia
Encyclopedia
Hierophilia or theophilia is the paraphilia
involving sexual attraction
to religious and sacred objects. The etymology is from the Greek language
hieros, meaning sacred
or holy.
Paraphilia
Paraphilia is a biomedical term used to describe sexual arousal to objects, situations, or individuals that are not part of normative stimulation and that may cause distress or serious problems for the paraphiliac or persons associated with him or her...
involving sexual attraction
Sexual attraction
Sexual attractiveness or sex appeal refers to an individual's ability to attract the sexual or erotic interest of another person, and is a factor in sexual selection or mate choice. The attraction can be to the physical or other qualities or traits of a person, or to such qualities in the context...
to religious and sacred objects. The etymology is from the Greek language
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
hieros, meaning sacred
Sacred
Holiness, or sanctity, is in general the state of being holy or sacred...
or holy.