idol-worshipn.
The worship of idols.
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heathenessec900
heathenshipa1000
heathendomc1000
idolatrya1325
mammetryc1330
spiritual fornicationa1340
whoredomc1350
prepucya1382
miscreancea1393
imagery1395
gentility?a1425
paganismc1425
paganityc1450
prepucec1475
Mahometry1481
superstitiousness1526
uncircumcision1526
whoring1530
idolry1535
paynimhood1543
image-worshipping1544
paganrya1550
idololatry1550
gentilism1561
old religion1567
heathenishness1571
image worship1572
heathenry1577
irreligiousness?1577
idolatrousness1583
uncircumcisedness1583
irreligion1598
ethnicism1600
infidelity1603
superstition1603
heathenism1605
idolism1608
miscreancy1611
misreligion1623
Baalisma1625
iconolatry1624
idolomania1624
idolomany1624
idolizing1637
idol-worship1667
ethnicity1772
symbololatry1828
Baal-worship1834
irreligionism1843
gentiledom1844
triology1894
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 115 Bred up in Idol-worship . View more context for this quotation
1712 S. Clarke Scripture-doctrine Trinity i. i. 61 Beware of Idol-worship.
1875 A. Helps Self-discipline in Ess. 19 It is idol-worship to substitute the form for the spirit.
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ˈidol-ˌworshipper n.
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a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. xi. §5. 121 In making himselfe an Idol-God, hee becommeth..an Idol-worshipper.
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