First Known Use: 13th century
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idolatry
noun idol·a·try \-trē\
: the worship of a picture or object as a god
plural idol·a·tries
Full Definition of IDOLATRY
1
: the worship of a physical object as a god
2
: immoderate attachment or devotion to something
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Origin of IDOLATRY
Middle English ydolatrie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin idolatria, alteration of Late Latin idololatria, from Greek eidōlolatreia, from eidōlon idol + -latreia -latry
Related to IDOLATRY
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- adulation, deification, hero worship, worship, idolization, worshipping (also worshiping)
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