Ī-dŏl'a-try, n.

n. [Fr. idolâtrie, Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. idolatria, Lat. idololatria, Gr. εἰδωλολατρεία.] 1. The worship of idols, images, or any thing made by hands, or which is not God. His eye surveyed The dark idolatries of alienated Judah. Milton. 2. Excessive attachment or veneration for any thing, or that which borders on adoration.