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idolothyte, a. and n. ? Obs.|aɪˈdɒləθaɪt|
In 6 -atheit, 7 -othite, -yt, 7–8 -athite, 8 -yte.
[ad. eccl. L. īdōlothyt-us (Tertullian), a. Gr. εἰδωλόθυτος offered to idols, f. εἴδωλο-ν idol + θυτός sacrificed.]
A. adj. Offered to an idol.
1562A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) i. 153 Paull biddis nocht deill wt thingis idolatheit. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. ii. ix. 38 The eating of Idolothyte Meats.
B. n. A thing offered to an idol. Chiefly pl. (= Gr. neut. pl. εἰδωλόθυτα Acts xv. 29, 1 Cor. viii. 1).
1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 372 They did eate Idolothytes of the sacrifice. 1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. i. 9 The Canon Law doth reackon a Pagan poeme to bee an Idolothite not to be vsed. 1703Moderation a Virtue 9 The Apostles Decree about Idolothytes, Blood, Things strangled, and Fornication.
Hence idoloˈthytic a., of or characterized by the eating of meats sacrificed to idols.
1889Huxley Ess. Controverted Quest. (1892) 431 Those who assert the lawfulness of eating meat offered to idols..I have called ‘idolothytic’ Christians. |