idolatry

Example Sentences

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He then issued a religious edict, or fatwa, that allowed image-making and the depiction of living beings for scientific and educational purposes, so long as it did not lead to idolatry.

From New York Times

Muslims consider images of the prophet to be sacrilegious and encouraging of idolatry.

From Washington Times

Anyone speaking of Kissinger’s sincerity will forgive me if I do not indulge in such idolatry.

From Salon

Rand isn’t a character but the object of undue idolatry for Anna, a 39-year-old writer whose own “satire of the opioid epidemic” has just been called “classist” by the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times

The Israeli government expressed alarm over the defacement, which officials also attributed to Jewish iconoclasm in obedience to early prohibitions against idolatry.

From Seattle Times