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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahy-dol-uh-ter
Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdɒl ə tər



Definition of idolater

Origin :
  • late 14c., ydolatrer "idol-worshipper," from Old French idolatre, contracted from Late Latin idololatres, from Ecclesiastical Greek eidololatres "idol-worshipper" (see idolatry).
  • As in pagan : noun person who does not believe in an orthodox religion
  • As in medicine man : noun shaman
Example sentences :
  • Plato, though he was but an idolater, has testified to the real existence of ideas.
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • Paphnutius, considering Cotta as nothing but an idolater, did not deign to reply.
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • I can drop on my knees and become as good an idolater as that scoundrel of a Sharp.
  • Extract from : « Hubert's Wife » by Minnie Mary Lee
  • Pomare was still an idolater when many of his subjects had been converted.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Mary Rose » by William H. G. Kingston
  • Verily I have become quite as much of an idolater as any of these.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 » by Elizabeth Bisland
  • His fathers had been idolaters, and he had been brought up an idolater.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua » by William Garden Blaikie
  • The mass, he said, was idolatry, and according to Scripture the idolater must die.
  • Extract from : « A Student's History of England, v. 2 (of 3) » by Samuel R. Gardiner.
  • And he is interpretatively an idolater, and actually persuadeth others to be so.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory » by Baxter Richard
  • One thing is to be said in favour of Saul—he was no idolater.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel » by W. G. Blaikie
  • Hainn was by birth a Circassian, and by religion an idolater.
  • Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin

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