n. [ OE. idole, F. idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; that which is seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. &unr_; to see. See Wit, and cf. Eidolon. ]
Do her adore with sacred reverence,
As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold. Rev. ix. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
The soldier's god and people's idol. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE., for idolatre. ] An idolater. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. idolâtre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr. &unr_;. See Idolatry. ]
Jonson was an idolater of the ancients. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A female worshiper of idols. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. idolâtrique. ] Idolatrous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make in idol of; to idolize. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
a.
[ Josiah ] put down the idolatrous priests. 2 Kings xxiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a idolatrous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
His eye surveyed the dark idolatries
Of alienated Judah. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]