The people idolatrously worshipped the Golden Calf. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This was that host of heaven which the Jews idolatrously worshipped: chap. viii. From Wordnik.com. [Pneumatologia] Reference
Nor was my qualifying "apparently" meant in any way to suggest doubt or disbelief that Jerzy Urban had described Tygodnik Powszechny as "idolatrously philo-Semitic.". From Wordnik.com. ['Shoah' and Poland] Reference
The inherent dialectic of desire itself had in a way already shown me this; for all images and sensations, if idolatrously mistaken for joy itself, soon honestly confessed themselves inadequate. From Wordnik.com. [Surprised by Joy]
In the footnote Mr. Garton Ash mentions the fact that Tygodnik Powszechny (the Catholic weekly I am editing) has been "apparently" described by Mr. Jerzy Urban, the Polish government press spokesman, as "idolatrously philo-Semitic.". From Wordnik.com. ['Shoah' and Poland] Reference
We love each other as fondly, but less idolatrously. From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author] Reference
"I will trust to her idolatrously, as you do," Countess Ammiani said. From Wordnik.com. [Vittoria — Complete] Reference
I glanced at Jim for moral support, but he was looking idolatrously at Bella. From Wordnik.com. [When a Man Marries] Reference
Could it be, that the man whom she so idolatrously loved, had inspired such bitter hatred and revenge!. From Wordnik.com. [The Planter's Northern Bride] Reference
Popery, and for hedging up the way with thorns, that the idolatrously-minded might not find their paths. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)] Reference
He was handling this one almost idolatrously when Blenkiron appeared suddenly at the head of the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship of Stars] Reference
"-- No. We love the old place; and if it were only our punishment for loving it too idolatrously, we should deem it ground enough for our departure.". From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
His metropolitan experiences did not answer to his liking the particular question, Do we bind the woman down to us idolatrously by making a wife of her?. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
The Romans tumbled the Athenian marbles from their pedestals, on the assumption that the statues represented gods that were idolatrously worshiped by the Greeks. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists] Reference
But it has been so much easier to idolatrously worship his person than to embody his principles, that ceremonials and doctrines have been substituted for the life he lived. From Wordnik.com. [The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891] Reference
His badly fitting overcoat removed, he stood erect and drawn to his full height, so dominating the small place and her idolatrously cringing being that her heart quaked within her. From Wordnik.com. [The Head of the House of Coombe] Reference
"Lest they worship or revile idolatrously, I shall write a notice," said I. "For though I praise Nature ill, and express her ill, she, the wonderful spirit, is beyond all praise or blame.". From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Sketches] Reference
The stoical Boers were never known to worship a man so idolatrously as they did in this case, and it was all the more noteworthy on account of the adverse criticism which was bestowed upon him several months before. From Wordnik.com. [With the Boer Forces] Reference
Obama is the most extreme pro-abortion candidate to ever run for president deeply-though not idolatrously-about this election, and that they should do what they can to stop, or at least slow, the slaughter of the innocent. From Wordnik.com. [Mere Orthodoxy] Reference
The attitude of Parliament on the question of Paganism finds voice occasionally even yet by Protestant England making darkness dense with the asseveration that Catholics idolatrously worship the pictures and statues in their churches. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists] Reference
The tyranny of deep affection is seen in every relation of life: we love a cherished object, it may be with every fibre of our heart, ay, even idolatrously; we would willingly spend and be spent to surround the beloved one with materials for enjoyment; but these materials must be of. From Wordnik.com. [Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3] Reference
'But you worship Him idolatrously. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Sketches] Reference
Metal or stone, idolatrously served. From Wordnik.com. [THE EXCURSION BOOK FOURTH] Reference
See him act idolatrously toward his soup. ". From Wordnik.com. [Free Air] Reference
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