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Idolater

noun
1.
A person who worships idols.  Synonyms: idol worshiper, idoliser, idolizer.






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"Idolater" Quotes from Famous Books



... him and saw him clad in a garb of green,[FN517] tall of stature and with hands that reached beneath his knees. He was of reverend aspect and awesome and the light[FN518] shone from his face. Said he to my sire, 'O rebel, O idolater, how long wilt thou take pride in worshipping idols and abandoning the service of the All-knowing King? Say, 'I testify that there is no god but the God and that Mohammed is His servant and His messenger.' And embrace Al-Islam, ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 9 • Richard F. Burton

... convenient cloak for a multitude of sins, which covered them even from himself. The Castilian, too proud for hypocrisy, committed more cruelties in the name of religion than were ever practised by the pagan idolater or the fanatical Moslem. The burning of the infidel was a sacrifice acceptable to Heaven, and the conversion of those who survived amply atoned for the foulest offences. It is a melancholy and mortifying consideration, that ...
— The History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William H. Prescott



Words linked to "Idolater" :   idolizer, pagan, idolatry, idol worshiper, idolatress, heathen, infidel, idoliser, gentile



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