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Meaning of Idolatry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
aɪˈdɒl.ə.tɹi

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca bütpərəstlik
Català idolatria
Čeština modlářství
Ελληνικά ειδωλολατρία
Español idolatria
Italiano idolatria
日本語 偶像崇拝
한국어 우상숭배
Latina idololatria
Português idolatria veneração
Română idolatrie
Shqip idhujtari
Türkçe putperestlik
اردو بت پرستی

Examples

“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.”
“Now the great obstacle in tracing the identity of any of the basic forms of worship lies in the vast number of names which appear in the ancient idolatries and mythologies, creating the illusion of a miscellany of gods, whereas many of these different names refer to the same deity. Thus the sun has been personified and worshipped under as many different names as there are nations on the surface of the earth.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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