/uy dol"euh tree/ , n. , pl. idolatries .
1. the religious worship of idols.
2. excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc.
[ 1200-50; ME idolatrie idolatria, by haplology from LL idololatria Gk (NT) eidololatreía. See IDOL -LATRY ]
Syn. 2. obsession, madness, mania.