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Webster 1913 Edition

Idolatry

I-dol′a-try

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Noun.
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pl.
Idolatries
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[F.
idolâtrie
, LL.
idolatria
, L.
idololatria
, Fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] idol + [GREEK] service.]
1.
The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.
His eye surveyed the dark
idolatries

Of alienated Judah.
Milton.
2.
Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Idolatry

IDOL'ATRY

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Noun.
[L. idololatria. Gr. idol, and to worship or serve.]
1.
The worship of idols, images, or any thing made by hands, or which is not God.
Idolatry is of two kinds; the worship of images, statues, pictures, &c. made by hands; and the worship of the heavenly bodies,the sun, moon and stars, or of demons, angels, men and animals.
2.
Excessive attachment or veneration for any thing, or that which borders on adoration.

Definition 2024

idolatry

idolatry

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idolatry ‎(countable and uncountable, plural idolatries)

  1. The worship of idols.
  2. The admiration of somebody or something.

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Etymology

From Old French idolatrie, ydolatrie, from Late Latin īdōlatrīa, from Ecclesiastical Latin īdōlolatrīa, from Ancient Greek εἰδωλολατρία ‎(eidōlolatría, “worship of idols”), back-formation from εἰδωλολάτρης ‎(eidōlolátrēs) (īdōlatra in Latin), from εἴδωλον ‎(eídōlon, “idol”) + λάτρις ‎(látris, “worshipper”) or λατρεύω ‎(latreúō, “I worship”), from λάτρον ‎(látron, “payment”); cognate with modern French idolâtrie, Italian idolatria, Occitan ydolatria, and Spanish idolatria.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɒl.ə.tɹiː/
  • (US) enPR: ī-dŏ'lə-trē, IPA(key): /aɪˈdɑ.lə.tɹi/

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