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Idolatrously

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i·dol·a·trous  (-dl-trs)
adj.
1. Of or having to do with idolatry.
2. Given to blind or excessive devotion to something: "The religiosity of the [group] is self-righteous and idolatrous. It perceives no virtue in its opponents and magnifies its own" Christopher Lasch.
3. Constituting idolatry.
i·dola·trous·ly adv.
i·dola·trous·ness n.
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Adv.1.idolatrously - in an idolatrous manner; "the people idolatrously worshipped the Golden Calf"
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For Wills, the Catholic cult of the Virgin Mary is essentially a ghastly mistake, propagated by the papacy, which has idolatrously exalted a creature in the place of her Lord, oppressed women, denigrated sexuality, usurped the proper role of the Holy Ghost, and infantilized the clergy.
Bare ruined choirs? by Duffy, Eamon / Commonweal
We can defend the wines only as wines, the wines as wineskins--not idolatrously as God's last words, architectural or musical, to humanity.
Sacred Spaces by SCHAPER, DONNA / Cross Currents
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