All 4 Uses of
idolatry
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- Because, without intending it, I have put into it some expression of all this curious artistic idolatry, of which, of course, I have never cared to speak to him.†
Chpt 1 *
- I grew afraid that others would know of my idolatry.†
Chpt 9
- Would there ever be someone who would fill him with a strange idolatry?†
Chpt 9
- Once, some one who had terribly loved him had written to him a mad letter, ending with these idolatrous words: "The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold.†
Chpt 20
Definitions:
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(1)
(idolatry) the worship of idols (physical objects representative of gods)
or:
excessive admiration and devotion to something or someone -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, "idolatry" can mean "excessive admiration for someone or something".