idolatries

Variant of idolatry

noun pl. idolatries

  1. worship of idols
  2. excessive devotion to or reverence for some person or thing

Origin: ME idolatrie < OFr < LL(Ec) idolatria < Gr(N.T.) eidōlolatreia: see idolater

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