idolatry

Meaning

Noun

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Origin

  • From Middle English ydolatrie, from Old French idolatrie, ydolatrie, from Late Latin īdōlatrīa, from Ecclesiastical Latin īdōlolatrīa, from Ancient Greek εἰδωλολατρείᾱ or εἰδωλολατρίᾱ, back-formation from εἰδωλολάτρης (īdōlatra in Latin), from εἴδωλον + λάτρις or λατρεύω, from λάτρον; cognate with modern French idolâtrie, Italian idolatria, Occitan ydolatria, Portuguese idolatria and Spanish idolatría.

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