n. [ OE. idole, F. idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; that which is seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. &unr_; to see. See Wit, and cf. Eidolon. ] 1. An image or representation of anything. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Do her adore with sacred reverence,
As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god. [ 1913 Webster ]

That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold. Rev. ix. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. [ 1913 Webster ]

The soldier's god and people's idol. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE., for idolatre. ] An idolater. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. idolâtre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr. &unr_;. See Idolatry. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An adorer; a great admirer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jonson was an idolater of the ancients. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female worshiper of idols. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. idolâtrique. ] Idolatrous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make in idol of; to idolize. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Idolatrized p. pr. & vb. n. Idolatrizing ] To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Josiah ] put down the idolatrous priests. 2 Kings xxiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a idolatrous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Idolatries [ F. idolâtrie, LL. idolatria, L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; idol + &unr_; service. ] 1. The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

His eye surveyed the dark idolatries
Of alienated Judah. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]