Let not my love be called idolatry, nor my beloved as an idol show, since all alike my songs and praises be to one, of one, still such, and ever so.
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Idolatry
//aɪˈdɑ.lə.tɹi//
Synonyms for "idolatry" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
heathenismheathenryhero worshiphigh regardhomagehommagehonorhygeiolatryiconolatryidolismidolizationidolizingkudoslasciviousnesslaudlaudationlibidolikelikinglionizing
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litholatrylovelovemakingmagnificationmarried lovemeed of praisemonolatryophiolatryovercommendationoverestimationoverlaudationoverpraiseoverprizingpaeanpagandompaganismpaganrypanegyricpassionpatriolatryphysical lovephysiolatryphytolatryplatonic lovepopular regardpopularitypraiseprestigeprostrationpyrolatryregardrespectreverential regardsentimentsexsexual loveshinespiritual lovesun worshiptender feelingtender passiontributetrueloveuxoriousnessvenerationweaknessworshipingyearning
Noun(4 words)
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12 entriesused for
2 entriesTranslations
126 translations across 64 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- idhujtari noun (worship of idols)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εἰδωλολατρία noun (worship of idols)
Arabic
1 entries- وَثَنِيَّة noun (worship of idols)
Armenian
1 entries- կռապաշտություն noun (worship of idols)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bütpərəstlik noun (worship of idols)
Belarusian
2 entries- балвахва́льства noun (worship of idols)
- ідалапакло́нства noun (worship of idols)
Bengali
1 entries- মূর্তিপূজা noun (worship of idols)
Bulgarian
3 entries- идолопокло́нничество noun (worship of idols)
- идолопокло́нство noun (worship of idols)
- обожа́ние noun (excessive admiration)
Catalan
1 entries- idolatria noun (worship of idols)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 偶像崇拜 noun (worship of idols)
Czech
3 entries- idolatrie noun (worship of idols)
- modloslužebnictví noun (worship of idols)
- modlářství noun (worship of idols)
Danish
1 entries- afgudsdyrkelse noun (worship of idols)
Dutch
4 entries- afgodendienst noun (worship of idols)
- afgoderij noun (worship of idols)
- beeldendienst noun (worship of idols)
- idolatrie noun (worship of idols)
Estonian
1 entries- ebajumalakummardamine noun (worship of idols)
Finnish
4 entries- epäjumalanpalvonta noun (worship of idols)
- idolatria noun (worship of idols)
- ihannointi noun (excessive admiration)
- kuvainpalvonta noun (worship of idols)
French
2 entries- culte des idoles noun (worship of idols)
- idolâtrie noun (worship of idols)
Georgian
2 entries- კერპთაყვანისმცემლობა noun (worship of idols)
- კერპთმსახურება noun (worship of idols)
German
4 entries- Abgötterei noun (worship of idols)
- Bewunderung noun (excessive admiration)
- Bilderanbetung noun (worship of idols)
- Bilderdienst noun (worship of idols)
Greek
2 entries- ειδωλολατρία noun (worship of idols)
- ειδωλολατρία noun (excessive admiration)
Greenlandic
1 entries- guutipilussiorneq noun (worship of idols)
Hebrew
4 entries- הערצה noun (excessive admiration)
- סגידה noun (excessive admiration)
- עֲבוֹדַת אֱלִילִים noun (worship of idols)
- עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה noun (worship of idols)
Hindi
1 entries- मूर्तिपूजा noun (worship of idols)
Hungarian
2 entries- bálványimádás noun (worship of idols)
- bálványozás noun (excessive admiration)
Icelandic
1 entries- skurðgoðadýrkun noun (worship of idols)
Irish
2 entries- íolacht noun (worship of idols)
- íoladhradh noun (worship of idols)
Italian
1 entries- idolatria noun (worship of idols)
Japanese
1 entries- 偶像崇拝 noun (worship of idols)
Kazakh
1 entries- пұтқа табынушылық noun (worship of idols)
Korean
1 entries- 우상숭배 noun (worship of idols)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бутпарастык noun (worship of idols)
Ladino
2 entries- avoda zara noun (worship of idols)
- idolatria noun (worship of idols)
Latin
1 entries- īdōlolatrīa noun (worship of idols)
Latvian
1 entries- elku pielūgšana noun (worship of idols)
Lithuanian
1 entries- stabmeldystė noun (worship of idols)
Macedonian
3 entries- боготворење noun (excessive admiration)
- идолопоклонство noun (worship of idols)
- обожување noun (excessive admiration)
Manx
1 entries- jalloonys noun (worship of idols)
Middle English
3 entries- mawmetrie noun (worship of idols)
- mawmetrie noun (excessive admiration)
- ydolatrie noun (worship of idols)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- pûtparêzî noun (worship of idols)
- pûtperestî noun (worship of idols)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- avgudsdyrkelse noun (worship of idols)
Occitan
2 entries- idolatria noun (worship of idols)
- idolatria noun (excessive admiration)
Old English
1 entries- dēofolġield noun (worship of idols)
Pashto
1 entries- بت پرستي noun (worship of idols)
Persian
1 entries- بتپرستی noun (worship of idols)
Polish
4 entries- bałwochwalstwo noun (worship of idols)
- bałwochwalstwo noun (excessive admiration)
- idolatria noun (worship of idols)
- idololatria noun (worship of idols)
Portuguese
3 entries- idolatria noun (worship of idols)
- idolatria noun (excessive admiration)
- veneração noun (excessive admiration)
Romanian
2 entries- idolatrie noun (worship of idols)
- идолатрия noun (worship of idols)
Russian
4 entries- боготворе́ние noun (excessive admiration)
- идолопокло́нничество noun (worship of idols)
- идолопокло́нство noun (worship of idols)
- обожа́ние noun (excessive admiration)
Sanskrit
1 entries- प्रतिमापूजा noun (worship of idols)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- idolopoklónstvo noun (worship of idols)
- идолопокло́нство noun (worship of idols)
Slovak
4 entries- idolatria noun (worship of idols)
- modloslužba noun (worship of idols)
- modloslužobníctvo noun (worship of idols)
- modlárstvo noun (worship of idols)
Slovene
1 entries- idolatrija noun (worship of idols)
Spanish
1 entries- idolatría noun (worship of idols)
Swedish
4 entries- avgudadyrkan noun (worship of idols)
- avguderi noun (worship of idols)
- bilddyrkan noun (worship of idols)
- idolatri noun (worship of idols)
Tajik
1 entries- бутпарастӣ noun (worship of idols)
Telugu
1 entries- విగ్రహారాధన noun (worship of idols)
Thai
1 entries- การบูชาเทวรูป noun (worship of idols)
Turkish
1 entries- putperestlik noun (worship of idols)
Turkmen
1 entries- butparazlyk noun (worship of idols)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ідолові́рство noun (worship of idols)
- ідолопокло́нство noun (worship of idols)
Urdu
1 entries- بُت پَرَسْتی noun (worship of idols)
Uyghur
1 entries- بۇتپەرەسلىك noun (worship of idols)
Uzbek
1 entries- butparastlik noun (worship of idols)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thờ ngẫu tượng noun (worship of idols)
Welsh
2 entries- eilun-addoliad noun (worship of idols)
- eilun-addoliaeth noun (worship of idols)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Jingoism is idolatry.
Source: tatoeba (8022295)
"Anger," he said, "is idolatry."
Source: tatoeba (10538161)
Idolatry is a sin in Abrahamic religions.
Source: tatoeba (10538162)
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