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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Idolatry  \I*dol"a*try\,  n.;  pl  {Idolatries}.  [F.  idol[^a]trie, 
  LL  idolatria  L.  idololatria  Fr  Gr  ?;  ?  idol  +  ? 
  service.] 
  1.  The  worship  of  idols,  images,  or  anything  which  is  not 
  God;  the  worship  of  false  gods. 
 
  His  eye  surveyed  the  dark  idolatries  Of  alienated 
  Judah.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Excessive  attachment  or  veneration  for  anything  respect 
  or  love  which  borders  on  adoration.  --Shak. 

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