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Definition
the worship of idols (physical objects representative of gods)
or:
excessive admiration and devotion to something or someone
or:
excessive admiration and devotion to something or someone
- It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.Chapters 1-3 — Loomings; The Carpet-Bag; The Spouter-Inn (13% in)
There are no more uses of "idolatry" in Moby Dick.
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