idol worship

The worship of idols or false gods; idolatry. *i-dol-as-tre, s. & a. [O. Fr.] A. As subst .: An idolater. "An idolastre peradventure ne hath not but o maumet or two."-Chaucer: Per sones Tale . B. As adj .: Idolatrous. (Hudson: Judith iv. 358.) I-dol-a-ter, s. [Fr. idolâtre ; Ital. idolatro ; Sp. idolatra , idolatro ; Lat. i do lol at res , from Gr. eidol olatres , from eidōlon =an image, and latris =a servant.] 1. One who worships idols; one who pays divine honors to images, figures, or representations made by hands; a worshiper of false gods; a pagan. "Idolater is also Greke, and the English an image servant."-Tyndall: Works , p. 424. *2. One who idolizes or admires greatly; an adorer. "Jonson was an idolater of the ancients." - Hurd. i-dol-a-trě , s. [Eng. idolater ; -e .] A female worshiper of idols. ( Milton : P. L., i. 445.) *i-do-lat-ric-al, a. [Eng. idolatry ; c connective; al .] Pertaining or tending to idolatry. "No idola tri cal sacrifice." -Hooper . i-dol-a-trize, v . i . & t. [Eng. idolatr (y); -ize.] A. In trans.: To practice idolatry; to worship idols. "All that honor thee idolatrize." Daniel: Complaint of Rosamond. B. Trans.: To adore; to worship, as an idol. i-dol-a-trous, a. [Eng. idolatr (y); -ous.] 1. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry, or the worship of false gods. 2. Given to or practicing idolatry; worshiping idols. ( Milton : P. R. , i. 444.) 3. Consisting in or of the nature of an exce ive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity. i-dol-a-troŭs-lý, adv . [Eng. idolatrous; -ly.] In an idolatrous manner; with exce ive reverence, veneration, or attachment. "Miserable Indians idolatrously adoring their devilish pagodes." - Bp. Hall : Character of Man.