Worshipper+of+idols

  • 1idolater — /aɪˈdɒlətə/ (say uy doluhtuh) noun 1. a worshipper of idols. 2. an adorer or devotee. Also, idolist /ˈaɪdələst/ (say uyduhluhst). {Middle English idolatrer, from Old French idolatre, from Late Latin īdōlolatrēs, from Greek eidōlolatrēs idol… …

  • 2IDOLATRY —    worship paid to a mere symbol of the divine while the heart is dead to all sense of that which it symbolises; a species of offence against the Most High, of which many are flagrantly guilty who affect to regard with pity the worshipper of… …

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  • 3idolater — n. 1. Worshipper of idols. 2. Adorer, great admirer …

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  • 4idolater — n. (fem. idolatress) 1 a worshipper of idols. 2 (often foll. by of) a devoted admirer. Derivatives: idolatrous adj. Etymology: ME idolatrer f. OF or f. idolatry or f. OF idolacirctre, ult. f. Gk eidololatres (as IDOL, LATER) …

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  • 5biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 6Idolatry — The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin. Idolatry is a pejorative term for the worship of an idol, a physical object such as a cult image, as a god,[1] or practices believed to verge on worship, such as giving undue honour and regard… …

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  • 7Iconoclasm — • The name of the heresy that in the eighth and ninth centuries disturbed the peace of the Eastern Church, caused the last of the many breaches with Rome that prepared the way for the schism of Photius, and was echoed on a smaller scale in the… …

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  • 8religious symbolism and iconography — Introduction       respectively, the basic and often complex artistic forms and gestures used as a kind of key to convey religious concepts and the visual, auditory, and kinetic representations of religious ideas and events. Symbolism and… …

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  • 9PURITY AND IMPURITY, RITUAL — (Heb. וְטָהֳרָה טֻמְאָה, tumah ve toharah), a symbolic system according to which a pure person or object is qualified for contact with the Temple and related sancta (holy objects and spaces) while an impure person or object is disqualified from… …

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  • 10Veneration of Images —     Veneration of Images     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Veneration of Images     I. IMAGES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT     The First Commandment would seem absolutely to forbid the making of any kind of representation of men, animals, or even plants:… …

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