Idolatry Synonyms

ī-dŏlə-trē
The worship of idols
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. idolism
  2. idol-worship
  3. adoration
  4. burnt-offering
  5. ophiolatry
  6. overprizing
  7. patriolatry
  8. physiolatry

Words Related to Idolatry

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Idolatry Sentence Examples

  • Kabir denounced idolatry and the ritualistic practices of the Hindus.

  • Under his influence the Hale Naua Society was organized in 1886 for the spread of idolatry and king-worship; and in the same year a " Board of Health" was formed which revived the vicious practices of the kahunas or medicine-men.

  • By 1815 idolatry was abolished in the larger islands of the group and there ensued the task of building up a Christian community.

  • The creed in all its forms lies behind worship, which it preserves from idolatry, and behind ethics, to which it supplies a motive power which the pre-Christian system so manifestly lacked.

  • Its opening section, recalling to its hearers the passing of the mists of idolatry before the revelation in Jesus Christ, is markedly similar in tone and tenor to passages in the Epistle to Diognetus.

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