Both Uses of
idolatry
in
A Passage to India
- A Brahminy Bull walked towards them, and Aziz, though disinclined to pray himself, did not see why they should be bothered with the clumsy and idolatrous animal.†
Chpt 6 *
- When Aziz arrived, and found that even Islam was idolatrous, he grew scornful, and longed to purify the place, like Alamgir.†
Chpt 35
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".