avodah zarah

noun

idolatry

OriginHebrew עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה →
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Meanings

nounavodah zarah (uncountable)
  1. Judaismuncountableidolatry

    The eradication of the mindset of avodah zarah is a lifelong quest.

    2022 September 1, Rabbi Elie Feder, Gematria Refigured, Mosaica Press, →ISBN, page 44
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    One SCJ commentator said how he felt that the custom of kissing the mezzuzah was something that should be banned as being too close to avodah zarah.

    1992 September 8, Yechezkal Shimon Gutfreund, “Not a Charm?”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
idolatry

Origin

  1. Hebrewעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה“foreign worship”
  2. Englishavodah zarah

Borrowed from Hebrew עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (avodá zará, “foreign worship”).

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