Idolatrous
[aɪ'dɒlətrəs] or [aɪ'dɑlətrəs]
Definition
(adj.) blindly or excessively devoted or adoring .
(adj.) relating to or practicing idolatry; 'idolatrous worship' .
Typed by Laverne--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices.
(a.) Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- Calf-worship was never more idolatrous than this. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You have to go among lawyers to see this idolatrous process in its most perfect form. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If the practice of them does not produce it then we are under no obligation to follow them, we should be idolatrous fools to do so. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But shall we imitate idolatrous papists, we that are enlightened Protestants? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Editor: Maynard