Part 5532

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Idolater</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*dol"a*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>idol\'83tre</ets>: cf. L. <ets>idololatres</ets>, Gr. <?/. See <er>Idolatry</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An adorer; a great admirer.</def>

<blockquote>Jonson was an <b>idolater</b> of the ancients. <i>Bp. Hurd.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Idolatress</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*dol"a*tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female worshiper of idols.</def>

<h1>Idolatrical</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I`do*lat"ric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>idol\'83trique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Idolatrous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Idolatrize</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*dol"a*trize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Idolatrized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Idolatrizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship.</def>

<h1>Idolatrize</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*dol"a*trize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make in idol of; to idolize.</def>

<h1>Idolatrous</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*dol"a*trous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; <as>as, <ex>idolatrous</ex> sacrifices</as>.</def>

<blockquote>[Josiah] put down the <b>idolatrous</b> priests. <i>2 Kings xxiii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; <as>as, an <ex>idolatrous</ex> veneration for antiquity</as>.</def>

<h1>Idolatrously</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*dol"a*trous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a idolatrous manner.</def>

<h1>Idolatry</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I*dol"a*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Idolatries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>idol\'83trie</ets>, LL. <ets>idolatria</ets>, L. <ets>idololatria</ets>, Fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ idol + <?/ service.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.</def>

<blockquote>His eye surveyed the dark <b>idolatries</b> Of alienated Judah. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Idolish</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>I"dol*ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Idolatrous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Idolism</h1> <Xpage=726>