Main Entry: idol·a·try

Pronunciation: \-trē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural idol·a·tries

Etymology: Middle English ydolatrie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin idolatria, alteration of Late Latin idololatria, from Greek eidōlolatreia, from eidōlon idol + -latreia -latry

Date: 13th century

1 : the worship of a physical object as a god
2 : immoderate attachment or devotion to something