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idolaster

idolaster is the obsolete form of idolater.

Meaning of idolater

Noun

idolater (plural idolaters)

  1. One who worships idols; (historical) a pagan.
    • [T]he state of idolaters is two ways miserable: first, in that which they worship they find no succour; and secondly, at his hands, whom they ought to serve, there is no other thing to be looked for but the effects of most just displeasure, the withdrawing of grace, dereliction in this world, and...[1594], Richard Hooker, “Their pretenſe that would haue Churches vtterly razed”, in J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, book...

Forms of idolaster

pluralidolasters

Questions about idolaster

What is idolaster the obsolete form of?
Idolaster is the obsolete form of idolater.

Words near idolaster in the dictionary

  1. idol
  2. idol shepherd
  3. idol shepherds
  4. idol-worthy
  5. idola
  6. idolaster
  7. idolasters
  8. idolastre
  9. idolastres
  10. idolater
  11. idolaters

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