idolatry
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- idololatry (rare)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English ydolatrie, from Old French idolatrie, from Ecclesiastical Latin īdōlatrīa, from Late Latin īdōlolatrīa, from Ancient Greek εἰδωλολατρίᾱ (eidōlolatríā, “worship of idols”), back-formation from εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs), from εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “idol”) + λάτρις (látris, “worshipper”) or λατρεύω (latreúō, “I worship”), from λάτρον (látron, “payment”). Equivalent to idol + -latry. Cognate with Modern French idolâtrie, Italian idolatria, Occitan ydolatria, Portuguese idolatria, and Spanish idolatría. Displaced native Old English dēofolġield (literally “devil worship”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]idolatry (countable and uncountable, plural idolatries)
- The worship of idols.
- Synonym: avodah zarah
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot.
- The excessive admiration of somebody or something.
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[edit]worship of idols
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excessive admiration
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