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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Idolatrous

/īd-äl'-ət-rəs/ · I·dol·a·trous · IPA /aɪˈdɒlətrəs/
01 a. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices.
    “[Josiah] put down the idolatrous priests.” — 2 Kings xxiii. 5.
  2. 2.
    Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.