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
He authorized an aggressive campaign to purify churches of supposedly idolatrous images and objects.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2014
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
It may be so, sir; and yet that love need not carry us to such an idolatrous extravagance as is manifested in the little stanzas I had the pleasure of singing to you.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Philip Freneau
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