The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.
Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.
"Worship of Idols or Graven Images." From the Greek "eidolatriea," from the roots "eidolon" = "image, likeness" and "latreia" = "service to the gods, divine worship." See "idol."
the worship of idols; used collectively for Late Antique cults other than Christianity, i.e. paganism.
Idolatry etymologically denotes Divine worship given to an image, but its signification has been extended to all Divine worship given to anyone or anything but the true God.
religious zeal; willingness to serve God
the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God
the worship of idols or images, the paying or offering of divine honours to any created object. The Puritans believed that Catholics and Protestants who failed to purge their churches of all religious art were praticing idolatry, in violation of the second commandment.
The worship of false gods. Universally practiced by Abortionites of every sect whose primary false god is often their own intellect. Other common Abortionite idols include money, power, sex, convenience and image or reputation.
in philosophical terms, the absolutizing of the relative. Theologically, the equating of a temporal object with an eternal divinity.
Idolatry is a major sin in the Abrahamic religions regarding image. In Judaism and Christianity it is defined as worship of an , idea or object, as opposed to the worship of a supreme being. In some versions of Islam, the creation of imagery itself as well as its worship would amount to idolatry or shirk.