Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 991 (Idolatry)

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#991. Idolatry. -- N. idolatry, idolism[obs]; demonism[obs], demonolatry[obs]; idol-worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire- worship; zoolatry, fetishism, fetichism; ecclesiolatry[obs], heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry[obs].

deification, apotheosis, canonization; hero worship.

sacrifices, hecatomb, holocaust; human sacrifices, immolation, mactation[obs], infanticide, self-immolation, suttee.

idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath[obs], lares et penates[Lat]; Baal &c. 986[obs].

V. worship idols, worship pictures, worship relics; deify, canonize.

Adj. idolatrous.

Phr. adorer le veau d'or[Fr].