idolatry

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/aɪˈdɒlətri/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/aɪˈdɑlətri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ī dol′ə trē)

Inflections of 'idolatry' (n): npl: idolatries

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•dol•a•try /aɪˈdɑlətri/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. idolatrous behavior.
i•dol•a•ter, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•dol•a•try  (ī dol′ə trē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tries. 
  1. the religious worship of idols.
  2. excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.
  • Medieval Latin īdōlatrīa, by haplology from Late Latin īdōlolatrīa Greek (NT) eidōlolatreía. See idol -latry
  • Middle English idolatrie 1200–50
    2. obsession, madness, mania.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
idolatry /aɪˈdɒlətrɪ/ n
  1. the worship of idols
  2. great devotion or reverence
iˈdolater, iˈdolator n iˈdolatress fem n iˈdolatrous adj
'idolatry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Gehenna - -latry - whoredom - Baalism - biblio- - fornication - heathenish - heathenism - idolater - idolatrous - idolism - idolize - worship - self-idolatry - Sikh

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