Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Worship of idols.
- noun Blind or excessive devotion to something.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The worship of idols or images; more generally, the paying of divine honors to any created object; the ascription of divine power to natural agencies
- noun Immoderate veneration or love for any person or thing; admiration bordering on adoration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.
- noun Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
worship ofidols . - noun The
admiration of somebody or something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God
- noun religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such a confession is signified by the term idolatry, but not by the term heresy, which only means a false opinion.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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The case was simply that there were a number of persons determined not to demand mere toleration for themselves, but to pluck down what they called idolatry everywhere and to keep the Edwardine service in the parish churches in defiance of all authority, and even of the feelings of their fellow parishioners.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Today's 18-page treatise from the Vatican also slams what it calls the "idolatry of the market."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2011
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Today's 18-page treatise from the Vatican also slams what it calls the "idolatry of the market."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2011
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Hence "idolatry" is associated with them: and the covetous man is termed an "idolater" (Nu 25: 1, 2).
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In the New Testament the term idolatry is used to designate covetousness (Matt.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Defeating the power-logic of idolatry, in other words, is the hardest thing in the world.
The Ten Commandments David Hazony 2010
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If she's saying that America is the New Israel, then I call idolatry on that.
Archive 2008-10-01 Burke's Corner 2008
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If she's saying that America is the New Israel, then I call idolatry on that.
Merely one city amongst many Burke's Corner 2008
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Yahweh was the Creator, the only “true and living God,” and worship of any other deities was termed idolatry.
The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006
brobbins commented on the word idolatry
wrath, anger, jealousy
July 23, 2009