Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for I-DOL'A-TRY
I-DOL'A-TRY, n. [Fr. idolatrie; L. idololatria; Gr. ειδωλολατρεια; ειδωλον, idol, and λατρευω, to worship or serve.]
- The worship of idols, images, or any thing made by hands, or which is not God. Idolatry is of two kinds; the worship of images, statues, pictures, &c. made by hands; and the worship of the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon and stars, or of demons, angels, men and animals. Encyc.
- Excessive attachment or veneration for any thing, or that which borders on adoration.
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