i|dol|a|try

i|dol|a|try
i|dol|a|try «y DOL uh tree», noun, plural -tries.
1. a) the worship of idols. b) the paying or offering of divine honors to any created object.
2. Figurative. the worship of a person or thing; great love or admiration; extreme devotion: »

The queen was adored to the point of idolatry. I loved the man [Shakespeare] and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any (Ben Jonson).

[< Old French idolatrie, ultimately < Latin īdōlolatrīa < Greek eidōlolatreíā < eídōlon idol + latreíā service, worship]

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