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Definition of Idolatrous
1. Adjective. Relating to or practicing idolatry. "Idolatrous worship"
2. Adjective. Blindly or excessively devoted or adoring.
Definition of Idolatrous
1. a. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices.
Definition of Idolatrous
1. Adjective. Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods. ¹
2. Adjective. Engaging in excessive attachment or reverence; inordinately or profanely devoted. ¹
3. Adjective. Used in or designed for idolatry; devoted to idols or idol-worship. ¹
4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to idolatry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Idolatrous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idolatrous
Literary usage of Idolatrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... here their zeal was rewarded with more success, the children being more docile
and less imbued with the effects of idolatrous worship. ..."
2. Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the by William Ellis (1833)
"... his adherents—Opposition to their landing—Public worship on the Sabbath
disturbed by the idolatrous army—Courage of the king—Circumstances of the battle ..."
3. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"... by whose oracles they are continually called to the hearing oi the word.
CHAPTER X. »LI. idolatrous WORSHIP DISCOUNTENANCED IN THE SCRIPTURE, ..."
4. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms by Charles Buck (1831)
"See last article, and article IMAGE. till at length this idolatrous practice ...
The first objects ot idolatrous worship are thought to have been the sun, ..."
5. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1864)
"In their eyes, Charles was the idolatrous head of an idolatrous church, and that
church they were resolved to destroy. They felt that their cause was holy, ..."
6. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"The names of Tout and of Alfader are more ancient than idol or symbol ; and, in
the absence of the slightest indication of an idolatrous habit, ..."
7. Polynesian Researches During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the by William Ellis (1853)
"... his adherents—Opposition to their landing—Public worship on the Sabbath
disturbed by the idolatrous army—Courage of the king—Circumstances of the battle ..."
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