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idolatrous

[ US /aɪˈdɑɫətɹəs/ ]
[ UK /ˈa‍ɪdəlˌætɹəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. blindly or excessively devoted or adoring
  2. relating to or practicing idolatry
    idolatrous worship

How To Use idolatrous In A Sentence

  • The ephod is a kind of garment mentioned in the O.T., which differed according to its use by the high-priest, by other persons present at religious services, or as the object of idolatrous worship. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
  • Another reason the people of Judah asked for God to destroy the enemy was that by allowing these idolatrous people to remain the victors, it brought shame and reproach upon the people who served God.
  • They deny themselves to be a generation of idolaters: "We are not born of fornication, are not the children of idolatrous parents, nor have been bred up in idolatrous worships. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
  • a machine he called a banjo, upon which he would play lewd and idolatrous music which was most pleasing to the ear; and he would sing songs while he played, which all ended with a yell. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories
  • Putting aside the exaggeration contained in the word "idolatrously," Mr. Urban's opinion is not unjustified. 'Shoah' and Poland
  • As for the joyous and lepid consul, he jokes upon neutral flags and frauds, jokes upon Irish rebels, jokes upon northern and western and southern foes, and gives himself no trouble upon any subject; nor is the mediocrity of the idolatrous deputy of the slightest use. Political Pamphlets
  • He has called capitalism 'an economy of exclusion by an idolatrous system of money'. Times, Sunday Times
  • The time that ambry introduces from Europe is not long, because mistake of this a lot of consumer is quality of homebred ambry brand, did not assure and idolatrous foreign brand.
  • Folk Songs respected its sources, but it was not idolatrous of them.
  • Although sacred images were potentially idolatrous, Luther refused to condone the purge and instead counter-accused the iconoclasts by affirming the impossibility of an image-less faith.
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