idolatry

i·dol·a·try  (-dl-tr)

n. pl. i·dol·a·tries

1. Worship of idols.

2. Blind or excessive devotion to something.

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[Middle English idolatrie, from Old French, from Latin dlolatra, from Greek eidlolatrei : eidlon, idol; see idol + latrei, service.]

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idolatry [aɪˈdɒlətrɪ]

n

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the worship of idols

2. great devotion or reverence

idolater  n, idolatress fem n

idolatrous  adj

idolatrously  adv

idolatrousness  n

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Idolatry idols and other similar things and objects collectively.

Example: idolatries of the heathen, 1671.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	idolatry - religious zeal; the willingness to serve God cultism, veneration, devotion worship - the activity of worshipping Bible-worship, bibliolatry - the worship of the Bible grammatolatry, verbolatry, word-worship - the worship of words symbol-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry - the worship of symbols anthropolatry, worship of man - the worship of human beings gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, woman-worship - the worship of women lordolatry - the worship of a lord because of his rank or title miracle-worship, thaumatolatry - the worship of miracles place-worship, topolatry - the worship of places
	2.	idolatry - the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God idol worship worship - the activity of worshipping iconolatry - the worship of sacred images

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idolatry

noun

1. idol worshipping, fetishism Idolatry was punishable by death.

2. adoration, adulation, hero worship, apotheosis, exaltation, glorification, idolizing, deification Their affection soon increased to almost idolatry.

Translations

idolatry [aɪˈdɒlətrɪ] N → idolatría f

idolatry [aɪˈdɒlətri] n

(= excessive admiration) → idolâtrie f

idolatry

n (lit) → Götzendienst m, → Götzenverehrung f; (fig) → Vergötterung f, → abgöttische Verehrung

idolatry [aɪˈdɒlətrɪ] n (old) → idolatria

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idolatry [aɪˈdɒlətrɪ] n (old) → idolatria