Dictionary entry

Idolatry

Webster's Dictionary 1913

I‐dol″a‐try (?), n.; pl.Idolatries (#). [F. idolâtrie, LL. idolatria, L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. �; � idol + � 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.