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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024i•dol•a•ter (ī dol′ə tər),USA pronunciation n. Also, i•dol•ist (īd′l ist).USA pronunciation a worshiper of idols.- a person who is an immoderate admirer;
devotee. - 1350–1400; Middle English idolatrer, equivalent. to idolatr(ie) idolatry + -er -er2; -rer -er by dissimilation
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024i•dol•a•try /aɪˈdɑlətri/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- idolatrous behavior.
i•dol•a•ter, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024i•dol•a•try (ī dol′ə trē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tries. - the religious worship of idols.
- excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.
- Medieval Latin īdōlatrīa, by haplology from Late Latin īdōlolatrīa Greek (NT) eidōlolatreía. See idol -latry
- Middle English idolatrie 1200–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obsession, madness, mania.
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