adj
Meaning 1
Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the priests of an idolatrous religion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
idolatrous
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Engaging in excessive attachment or reverence; inordinately or profanely devoted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- An idolatrous veneration for antiquity.
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adj
Meaning 3
Used in or designed for idolatry; devoted to idols or idol-worship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- An idolatrous image or temple.
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adj
Meaning 4
Of or pertaining to idolatry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
Meaning 5
relating to or practicing idolatry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- idolatrous worship
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
blindly or excessively devoted or adoring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English idolatry Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English idolatrous From idolatry + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: ідалапакло́нніцкі (idalapaklónnicki) — partaking in idolatry
- Bulgarian: идолопоклоннически (idolopoklonničeski) — partaking in idolatry
- Catalan: idòlatra — partaking in idolatry
- Dutch: afgodisch — partaking in idolatry
- Dutch: idolaat — partaking in idolatry
- Finnish: kuvia palvova — partaking in idolatry
- French: idolâtre — partaking in idolatry
- German: götzendienerisch — partaking in idolatry
- Greek: ειδωλολατρικός (eidololatrikós) — partaking in idolatry
- Greek: εἰδωλολατρικός (eidōlolatrikós) — partaking in idolatry
- Lithuanian: stabmeldiškas — partaking in idolatry
- Occitan: idolatra — partaking in idolatry
- Polish: bałwochwalczy — partaking in idolatry
- Portuguese: idólatra — partaking in idolatry
- Russian: ѝдолопокло́ннический (ìdolopoklónničeskij) — partaking in idolatry
- Spanish: idólatra — partaking in idolatry
- Swedish: avgudisk — partaking in idolatry
- Swedish: avgudadyrkande — partaking in idolatry
- Ukrainian: ідолопокло́нницький (idolopoklónnycʹkyj) — partaking in idolatry
- Catalan: idòlatra — engaging in excessive attachment or reverence
- Dutch: idolaat — engaging in excessive attachment or reverence
- French: idolâtre — engaging in excessive attachment or reverence
- German: abgöttisch — engaging in excessive attachment or reverence
- Greek: φανατικός (fanatikós) — engaging in excessive attachment or reverence
- Polish: bałwochwalczy — engaging in excessive attachment or reverence
- Portuguese: idólatra — engaging in excessive attachment or reverence
- Russian: ѝдолопокло́ннический (ìdolopoklónničeskij) — engaging in excessive attachment or reverence
- Spanish: idólatra — engaging in excessive attachment or reverence