Hypertext Webster Gateway: "idolatrous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Idolatrous \I*dol"a*trous\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of
idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods;
as, idolatrous sacrifices.

[Josiah] put down the idolatrous priests. --2 Kings
xxiii. 5.

2. Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or
reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

idolatrous
adj 1: relating to or practicing idolatry; "idolatrous worship"
2: blindly or excessively devoted or adoring


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