idolatry
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English ydolatrie, from Old French idolatrie, from Ecclesiastical Latin īdōlatrīa, from Late Latin īdōlolatrīa, from Ancient Greek εἰδωλολατρίᾱ (eidōlolatríā, “worship of idols”), back-formation from εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs), from εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “idol”) & λάτρις (látris, “worshipper”) or λατρεύω (latreúō, “to worship”), from λάτρον (látron, “payment”). Equivalent to idol + -latry. Cognate with Modern French idolâtrie, Italian idolatria, Occitan ydolatria, Portuguese idolatria, and Spanish idolatría. Displaced native Old English dēofolġield (literally “devil worship”).
- derived from εἰδωλολατρίᾱ
- derived from īdōlolatrīa
- derived from īdōlatrīa
- derived from idolatrie
- inherited from ydolatrie
Definitions
The worship of idols.
- The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot.
The excessive admiration of somebody or something.
The neighborhood
- neighboridol
- neighboridolater
- neighboridolatrisation
- neighboridolatrise
- neighboridolatrization
- neighboridolatrize
- neighboridolatrizer
- neighboridolatrous
- neighboridolatrously
- neighboridolatrousness
- neighbor-latry
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at idolatry. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at idolatry. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at idolatry
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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