2. Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or
reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.
I*dol"a*trous*ly, adv. In a idolatrous manner.
I*dol"a*try (?), n.; pl. Idolatries (#). [F. idolâtrie, LL. idolatria,
L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. &?;; &?; idol + &?; service.] 1. The worship of
idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.
His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Milton.
2. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love
which borders on adoration. Shak.
I"dol*ish (?), a. Idolatrous. [Obs.] Milton.