idolatrous

Example Sentences

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On that occasion, it was traditionalists who reacted in fury: they threw what they saw as idolatrous statues into the Tiber.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020

Would she pounce on some unwittingly idolatrous remark of mine and eviscerate me as she had done Bloom?

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016

I have seen at first hand a variety of experiences where workers united in cooperatives and other forms of community organization were able to create work where there were only crumbs of an idolatrous economy.

From Time • Jul. 10, 2015

Some Muslims observe the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, while others think the practice idolatrous.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2012

And though there was positive gain in the removal of idolatrous and corrupt modes of worship, there was also positive loss in the disappearance of this old genial phase of Hebrew social life and worship.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various