idolatrous

What it means

1. Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods.

   the priests of an idolatrous religion

   1 more example

   Once Robert Smellie found her in a ruinous kirk on the Lang Muir, where of old the idolatrous rites of Rome were practiced.

   1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

2. Engaging in excessive attachment or reverence; inordinately or profanely devoted.

   An idolatrous veneration for antiquity.

3. Used in or designed for idolatry; devoted to idols or idol-worship.

   An idolatrous image or temple.

In a sentence

the priests of an idolatrous religion

Where it comes from

1. Englishidolatry
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
4. Englishidolatrous

From idolatry + -ous.