idolatry

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idolatry  /aɪ ˈdɑ lə tri/ ? Meaning of "idolatry"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
  2. (n) the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God

Synonym(s)

cultism, devotion, veneration

Usage(s):

  1. It was idolatry on a national scal e.
  2. Being a recent convert to Catholicism, I had yet to accept the Catholic doctrines concerning Mary and considered any form of Marian devotion to be idolatry.
  3. For fans, the story of her by-the-bootstraps climb to pop royalty makes her even more worthy of idolatry.
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