idolatry 
idola·try (ī däl′ə trē)
noun pl. -·tries
- worship of idols
- excessive devotion to or reverence for some person or thing
Etymology: ME idolatrie < OFr < LL(Ec) idolatria < Gr(N.T.) eidōlolatreia: see idolater
idolatry
n.
The worship of idols
idolism, adoration, burnt offering; see worship 1.Extreme devotion
infatuation, fervor, adulation, hero worship; see admiration, enthusiasm 1.
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
- abominable: And then he adds abominable idolatries, the worship of idols that is an abomination to God.
- 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.
- nation: Unlike all the false paths and idolatries of the nations, this religious practice was God-given.
- 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.
As the god of contemporary man's idolatry, science is a two-handed engine, and as such science is too important a human activity to leave to the scientists.
I remember that the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been,Would he had blotted a thousand: which they thought a malevolent speech[but] I loved themanand do honour hismemory, on thisside idolatry, as much as any.
The art of government is the organization of idolatry.
Hath the L as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the L? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquityand idolatry.
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