Definition of "idolatry"

idolatry

/aɪˈdɒl.ə.tɹiː/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural idolatries
1. The worship of idols.
  Quotations
  The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot.
  1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
2. The excessive admiration of somebody or something.