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i·dol·a·try

 (ī-dŏl′ə-trē)
n. pl. i·dol·a·tries
1. Worship of idols.
2. Blind or excessive devotion to something.
[Middle English idolatrie, from Old French, from Latin īdōlolatrīa, from Greek eidōlolatreiā : eidōlon, idol; see idol + latreiā, service.]
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idolatry

(aɪˈdɒlətrɪ)
n
1. (Theology) the worship of idols
2. great devotion or reverence
iˈdolater, iˈdolator n
iˈdolatress fem n
iˈdolatrous adj
iˈdolatrously adv
iˈdolatrousness n
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i•dol•a•try

(aɪˈdɒl ə tri)

n., pl. -tries.
1. the religious worship of idols.
2. excessive admiration or devotion.
[1200–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin īdōlatrīa]
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Idolatry

 idols and other similar things and objects collectively.
Example: idolatries of the heathen, 1671.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.idolatry - religious zealidolatry - 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
symbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship - 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 idolsidolatry - 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.
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Translations
حُب أعْمى إلى درجة العِبادَهعِبادَة الأوْثان او الأصْنام
modlářstvíuctívání
afgudsdyrkelsetilbedelse
bálványimádásbálványozás
dÿrkun; tilbeiîslaskurîgoîadÿrkun
modlárstvo
puta tapmaputperestliktaparcasına sevmetapma

idolatry

[aɪˈdɒlətrɪ] N → idolatría f
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idolatry

[aɪˈdɒlətri] n
(= excessive admiration) → idolâtrie f
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idolatry

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

[aɪˈdɒlətrɪ] n (old) → idolatria
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idol

(ˈaidl) noun
1. an image of a god, which is worshipped. The tribesmen bowed down before their idol.
2. a greatly loved person, thing etc. The singer was the idol of thousands of teenagers.
idolatry (aiˈdolətri) noun
1. the worship of idols.
2. too great admiration, especially of a person.
iˈdolatrous adjective
iˈdolatrously adverb
ˈidolize, ˈidolise verb
to love or admire a person etc greatly or too much. She idolized her older brother.
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