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Synonyms for idolatry

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahy-dol-uh-tree
Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdɒl ə tri

Définition of idolatry

Origin :
  • mid-13c., from Old French idolatrie, from Vulgar Latin idolatria, shortened from Late Latin idololatria (Tertullian), from Ecclesiastical Greek eidololatria "worship of idols," from eidolon "image" (see idol) + latreia "worship, service" (see -latry).
  • noun the worship of idols
  • noun extreme devotion
Example sentences :
  • Abraham also evinced his characteristic aversion of idolatry.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Israel relapsed into idolatry, and God punished them with the scourge of war.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Idolatry indeed is wickedness; but it is the thing, not the name, which is so.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • The Black Prince, from my childhood, had been the object of my idolatry.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He parted with her, not because of his indifference, but rather by reason of his idolatry.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • She is the idyll of our shanty, and our regard for her approaches to idolatry.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • This was too much for their faith then, and they both went back to idolatry.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • Fleeting shadow that she was, he loved her already to idolatry.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
  • It is not a mere question of wisdom or of taste, this prevalence and idolatry of dogs.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
  • “It seemeth me you be too rude (harsh, severe) to charge the Papists with idolatry,” she said.
  • Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt

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