Idolatry



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.偶像崇拜;盲目崇拜
• ［英］ n.偶像崇拜 ( worship of idols)
• ［记］ idol ( 形象, 偶像) +atry ( 表名词)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -tries)

• Etymology: Middle English ydolatrie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin idolatria, alteration of Late Latin idololatria, from Greek eidōlolatreia, from eidōlon idol + -latreia -latry
• Date: 13th century
• 1. the worship of a physical object as a god
• 2. immoderate attachment or devotion to something

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