idolatry
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“Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war,” the pope said during a prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
In its many guises, idolatry has survived, despite regular and often cataclysmic proof of its dangers, for centuries and many people will consider a much-larger-than-life golden statue of a president to be perfectly splendid.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Anyone speaking of Kissinger’s sincerity will forgive me if I do not indulge in such idolatry.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2023
Its syrupy celebration of endless love sometimes verges on sappy idolatry, but it also maximizes Timberlake and Santos’s talent for pop sentimentality.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2022
She must have looked into our eyes and seen the shining idolatry there and understood that she was trapped.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing idolatry
The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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Novel Study: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 1
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Warm-up, List 6
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