idolatry
Example Sentences
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The title of this book, “The Idolatry of God,” is immediately provocative.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2013
Idolatry has made of R. L. S. a figure dizzily perched on the precarious eminence of perfection.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Proper Sense of the Word Idolatry, 388 11.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John
It is simply a proof that monotheism grows out of polytheism; or, if you like, that Theism is a development of Idolatry.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
Idolatry, also, is a part of this sacred duty.
From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)
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