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idolatry - use in sentences
Converse of object
- commit: He would have been also attracted to the concept that God is faithful despite the unfaithfulness of his people in committing idolatry.
- call: Diana was in the grip of what the bible would call idolatry.
- condemn: The prophet condemns the idolatry of his times, which is making both religion and life an agony to the people.
- denounce: He was stoned to death in the reign of Joash, for denouncing the idolatry of the princes of Judah.
- have: That is idolatry - but it's easy to condemn that type of idolatry in Rome, when we can have equal idolatry.
Adjective modifier
- such: Such idolatry can be either esthetic ( like the Golden Calf mentioned in the book of Exodus ) or conceptual.
- other: In other words idolatry is a kind of slavery.
- popish: The newly formed Anglican Church demanded that all Popish idolatry be wiped out, and many a sacred site was subsequently desecrated.
- spiritual: We can see that in his immorality and in his spiritual idolatry.
Noun used with modifier
- pagan: Previously the black rock in Mecca had always been a site of pagan idolatry.
- word: In other words idolatry is a kind of slavery.
Preposition: in
- chapter: Why is it that Paul does not forthright condemn eating idol meats in a cultic setting or call it idolatry in chapter 8?
Preposition: of
- self: Let there be an end to the idolatry of self.
- people: The book describes the progressive deterioration of the nation as a result of the violence and idolatry of the people.
- Israelite: At no time did Moses attempt to justify the idolatry of the Israelites.
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