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How to use idolatry in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Idolatry means the worship of idols. Example: “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.”

Examples of idolatry by meaning

nounThe 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.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

More sentences with idolatry

  • If this is not idolatry, then it is monarchical hero worship.2005, Anat Biletzki, (Over)Interpreting Wittgenstein. From the entry monarchical hero
  • Noaks, for his part, regarded the Duke with feelings mingled of idolatry and disapproval.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry plexus
  • With the term "idolatry," the "aniconists" refer to the "iconists" as the group where the strongest menace resides.2009, Jan Assmann, Moses the Egyptian, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry aniconist
  • I have even heard the use of numbers called “numerolatry,” a particularly serious accusation because it implies a form of idolatry.2008, C. Peter Wagner, The Book of Acts: A Commentary, →ISBN. From the entry numerolatry
  • Why this denunciation of idolatry at this point?2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 746. From the entry contrast
  • And thou here practisest such idolatry and hierolatry?1917, Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Thomas Common, Thus Spake Zarathustra. From the entry free spirit
  • Then come into being idolatry, psycholatry, henotheism.1904, M.C. Alasingaperumal, The Brahmavâdin, volume 9 (Hinduism), Zs8aAAAAYAAJ, page 510. From the entry psycholatry
  • It's Constitutionolatry, a word I just made up, which means the worship or idolatry of the Constitution, without being mindful of its contents.2016 March 21, Jim Burklo, “The Mindful Mirror of Passion Week”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2025. From the entry constitutionolatry
  • But idolatry means more than iconism.2009, Jan Assmann, Moses the Egyptian, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry aniconist
  • The four-handed human form of gods and goddesses is the second stage of evolution in idolatry according to the need of devotees.2003, Mahendra Narayan Behera, Brownstudy on Heathenland: A Book on Indology, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry four-handed
  • This led to multitheism and idolatry, a condition which would have grown increasingly confused, had God not decided to give mankind some better direction.1990, Edward Malcolm Batley, Catalyst of Enlightenment, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, page 317. From the entry multitheism
  • But denunciations do not go far, and the only living and effective protest would be a society itself delivered from all pharisaisms and idolatries.1915, John Oman, “The Judgment of the Churches”, in The War and Its Issues: An Attempt at a Christian Judgment, Cambridge: At the…. From the entry pharisaism
  • In a world of youth idolatry, we easily lose our proleptic quality after the first peak, and become regressive, looking back toward the peaks already passed.1995, John S. Murphy, Frederic M. Hudson, The Joy of Old: A Guide to Successful Elderhood, page 41. From the entry proleptic
  • Now the works of the flesh are plain: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like.1946, The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: Revised Standard Version: Translated from the Greek: […], New York, N.Y.…. From the entry party spirit

Meaning of idolatry

  1. noun The worship of idols.
  2. noun The excessive admiration of somebody or something.

Full definition of idolatry

Questions about idolatry in a sentence

How do you use idolatry in a sentence?
Idolatry is used as a noun. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with idolatry?
“But idolatry means more than iconism.”
What does idolatry mean?
Idolatry means the worship of idols.

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