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Definition

the worship of idols (physical objects representative of gods)

or:

excessive admiration and devotion to something or someone

More rarely, "idolatry" can mean "excessive admiration for someone or something".

Her admiration borders on idolatry.

idolatry = the worship of an object as though it were a god

The church has no cross because the congregation believes it encourages idolatry.

idolatry = the worship of physical objects

Withdraw from the idolatry of the superfluous!
Nietzsche, Friedrich -- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None
he saw the city wholly given up to idolatry.
Twain, Mark -- The Innocents Abroad
Love was above all earthly considerations, and I loved Dora to idolatry, and Dora loved me.
Dickens, Charles -- David Copperfield
[the Jews believe] After several hundred years, because of rampant idolatry, God allowed Assyria to conquer Israel and exile its people.
Judaism - Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism (retrieved 05/20/06)
  Do not swear at all;
  Or if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,
  Which is the god of my idolatry,
  And I'll believe thee.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

idolatry = worship (of something on earth as though it were a god)

Had Washington been born in the days of idolatry, declared the Pennsylvania journal, he would be worshiped as a god.
David G. McCullough -- 1776
On the contrary, they have actually helped to build up his prestige by publishing brainless, idolatrous portraits.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
We particularly observed this idolatry near the river Arguna, at a city inhabited by Tartars and Russians, called Nerisinkey.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamouring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
Thou shalt be worshipp'd, kiss'd, lov'd, and ador'd, And, were there sense in his idolatry, My substance should be statue in thy stead.
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The message was changed to a form of idolatry.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
Fear, idolatry, hoarding.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
They were ideas, to my young mind, of rebellion and independence, not of idolatry.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
They never join their voices in praise, and it would seem that they are among the profanest of the idolatrous.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Last of the Mohicans
Love was above all earthly considerations, and I loved Dora to idolatry, and Dora loved me.
Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield
Scandalous Worship Of Images Besides the Idolatrous Worship of Images, there is also a Scandalous Worship of them; which is also a sin; but not Idolatry.
Thomas Hobbes -- Leviathan
The lady, indeed, bore a very fair likeness to a reverend effigy in some idolatrous shrine.
Henry James -- The American
I felt they were too idolatrous and monumental.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March

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