idolatrous
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"Hearts must be set free from an idolatrous thirst for profit," the Pope said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
I am idolatrous, searching for false hope in the Gods of Perfect Bodies, the ones I’ve always wanted as my own, the bodies that I’ll never have.
From Slate • Jul. 29, 2023
By the time of the English Civil War, church monuments were being smashed as idolatrous; wall paintings were covered with whitewash, brass plaques melted down for profit.
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2013
Most were thought to have been destroyed after Spanish officials decreed them to be idolatrous in 1583.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2010
Miss Nettie, unconscious of this idolatrous adorer’s silent, soul-enraptured worship, gave all her sympathies to the troubles and heart-griefs of the “Two Orphans.”
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