idolater
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9.7
- noun
- /ˈaɪdələtər/
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idolatra
- During the festival, many idolaters gathered to offer sacrifices to their statues.
- slay the idolaters
- idolaters wherever you find
Examples
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Indeed, one might ask whether the Tibetans are idolaters at all, Desiderio writes.
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You remember the Canaanites, Israel's ancient enemies, godless idolaters that Joshua conquered and nearly exterminated?
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Well, an idolater is somebody who makes up a god in their own image.
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Take care, exclusive idolater of Christ: life
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I am no primitive, no idolater of the noble savage.
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You and your board are idolaters.
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They said he was an idolater.
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So were the Hebrews surrounded by idolaters.
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He is an idolater.
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Fighting them is mentioned after the clarification regarding fighting the idolaters (9:5).
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
A person who prays to a statue or object as if it were a god
A woman who worships a statue or object as a god
A person who likes someone too much and ignores their faults
Antonyms
How Devoted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Idolater comes from idol ('image' or 'statue') and the Greek root latreia ('worship'). So an idolater is someone who 'worships' images or statues.