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Webster 1913 Edition
Idolatry
I-dol′a-try
,Noun.
pl.
Idolatries
(#)
. [F.
idolâtrie
, LL. idolatria
, L. idololatria
, Fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] idol + [GREEK] service.] 1.
The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.
His eye surveyed the dark
Of alienated Judah.
idolatries
Of alienated Judah.
Milton.
2.
Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Idolatry
IDOL'ATRY
,Noun.
1.
The worship of idols, images, or any thing made by hands, or which is not God. Idolatry is of two kinds; the worship of images, statues, pictures, &c. made by hands; and the worship of the heavenly bodies,the sun, moon and stars, or of demons, angels, men and animals.
2.
Excessive attachment or veneration for any thing, or that which borders on adoration.