“They destroyed an idol to a god that was leading the world into immorality.”

“It says that by worshipping this idol, the people Moses had led out of Egypt had corrupted themselves.”

“Turner's idol in the field of painting was Claude Lorrain, often referred to by art historians as the father of landscape painting.”

“It is the idolatry of people which can give us a sense of reflected importance or purpose.”

“Celebrity is seen not only as a pagan form of religious idolatry but also as the very possibility of culture, cult, and community.”

“Witnessing their unwavering dedication and admiration for their favorite musician demonstrated the intense idolatry they felt towards them.”

“The difference between seeing The Smiths live and Morrissey live can be characterized as the difference between adoration and idolization.”

“Nevertheless, the plot makes some cogent comments on the idolization of designers, and the ending is ruthlessly appropriate.”

“If worship is confined to the idolization of the sun or the cat, every one realizes the temporality of the matter.”

“Was he unconverted and just as lost as any pagan idolater in the ancient world?”

“I do not wish myself to be responsible for raising the question of disestablishment in Scotland. I am not an idolater of establishments.”

“The modernist's anti-modernist and idolater of the feline and the unripened feminine impressed anew — nasty and nice.”

“I've been told that Herr Schmidt is not a great idoliser of Bavarian foods.”

“Katherine, and Capgrave's Life, like other vitae of that saint, portrays her rivalry with an idolator who lusts after her.”

“Sinatra's unfortunate flirtations with the Mafia later on — much like the gangsta affectations of many rappers — had more to do with being a wannabe, an idolator, than any actual mob affiliation.”

“Jeffries is no idolator of great reputations, and his treatment of Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and Jürgen Habermas is refreshingly breezy, though never less than serious and carefully judged.”

“In some ancient cultures, idolism was prevalent, with the people engaging in the worship of various idols.”

“He supposed his friend remained true to his idol, he himself had changed his standard of idolism.”

“It's the recurring paradox of so much love poetry: the prostrate idolizer eventually outshines his idol.”

“Vonn gleefully returned the admiration, perhaps because she has more experience as an idolizer than as an idol.”

“In no way was he an unconditional idolizer of worldly pursuits.”

“What difference is ther betwix an idolastre, and an avaricious man?”

“In their view, many people who claim to be monotheists are actually polytheists and idolaters.”

“Notice that Wright contrasts the people of God being vindicated with idolaters being shown to be wrong.”

“It grew up in the effort to conquer Canaan against what we thought was an ocean of idolaters and the effort to survive the Roman Empire.”

“As well as pro-monarchists and pro-communists, there are a host of other sons and idolisers of long-dead politicians from the post-war era.”

“Kevin Elliot, a brother of top Belfast writer Pearse Elliot, said he would be happy to have crazed idolisers at his door.”

“Mick, who has welcomed thousands of Hendrix idolisers to his shop in the last 31 years, has had plenty of time to reflect on the left-hander's technique.”

“The focus of my art is to target specific errors and idolatries of humanity, revealing their fallacies through scriptural references.”

“He then preached against their pantheistic idolatries and urged them to repent.”

“Those are the apolitical heresies again, idolatries as dumb as statues: fundamentalism and navel-gazing.”

“Now that we are destroying false idols, the world has made a drama out of it.”

“Oriental vases, mini-laughing Buddhas, porcelain crafted idols and many more, stood in line, waiting for us to buy them.”

“Then we have a history of divinity bestowed on idols, rivers and trees by men.”