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idolatrical

idolatrical is the obsolete form of idolatrous.

Meaning of idolatrous

Adjective

idolatrous (comparative more idolatrous, superlative most idolatrous)

  1. Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods.
    • the priests of an idolatrous religion
  2. Engaging in excessive attachment or reverence; inordinately or profanely devoted.
    • An idolatrous veneration for antiquity.
  3. Used in or designed for idolatry; devoted to idols or idol-worship.
    • An idolatrous image or temple.
  4. Of or pertaining to idolatry.
    • Next morning, I sent two of my companions to make enquiry about our prospects, but they returned in the afternoon to report that things were not at all promising, as a number of shopkeepers who traded in articles used for idolatrous worship had already engaged the Towncrier to go round and announce...1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa, Marshall Brothers Limited, page 75

Forms of idolatrical

comparativemore idolatrical
superlativemost idolatrical

Questions about idolatrical

What is idolatrical the obsolete form of?
Idolatrical is the obsolete form of idolatrous.

Words near idolatrical in the dictionary

  1. idolators
  2. idolatory
  3. idolatress
  4. idolatresses
  5. idolatric
  6. idolatrical
  7. idolatries
  8. idolatrise
  9. idolatrised
  10. idolatrises
  11. idolatrising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: idolatrical (page history and authors); idolatrous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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