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idolatry
/aɪˈdɒl.ə.tɹi/
noun 2
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3ADJ.
abominable, beloved
VERB + IDOLATRY
anger, called, consider, love, said
IDOLATRY + NOUN
rites, sin
Definitions
noun
1
The worship of idols.
The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot.
Now the great obstacle in tracing the identity of any of the basic forms of worship lies in the vast number of names which appear in the ancient idolatries and mythologies, creating the illusion of a miscellany of gods, whereas many of these different names refer to the same deity. Thus the sun has been personified and worshipped under as many different names as there are nations on the surface of the earth.
2
The excessive admiration of somebody or something.
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The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Sker
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Now the great obstacle in tracing the identity of any of the basic forms of worship lies in the vast number of names which appear in the ancient idolatries and mythologies, creating the illusion of a
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Let not my love be called idolatry, nor my beloved as an idol show, since all alike my songs and praises be to one, of one, still such, and ever so.
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Jingoism is idolatry.
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"Anger," he said, "is idolatry."
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Idolatry is a sin in Abrahamic religions.
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