n.
Pronunciation: -tr ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -tries
Etymology: Middle English ydolatrie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin idolatria, alteration of Late Latin idololatria, from Greek eid ō lolatreia, from eid ō lon idol + -latreia -latry
Date: 13th century
1 : the worship of a physical object as a god
2 : immoderate attachment or devotion to something