idolatrous

Example Sentences

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Images of the ancient Buddhist statues pulverized by the Taliban because its leaders considered the stone images to be idolatrous.

From Washington Post

In the weeks that followed the murder, IS destroyed several iconic parts of Palmyra from the 1st and 2nd Centuries that it considered idolatrous.

From BBC

Images of the Prophet Muhammad are traditionally forbidden in Islam as idolatrous.

From The Guardian

The celebration has its roots in pagan rituals and is still going strong despite a 1714 law that outlawed it as “superstitious, idolatrous and sinfule, an abominable heathenish practice”.

From The Guardian

Francis also stressed that there "was no idolatrous intention" in bringing the statues to the church in Rome.

From BBC