\I*dol"a*trous\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of
   idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods;
   as, idolatrous sacrifices.

         [Josiah] put down the idolatrous priests. --2 Kings
                                               xxiii. 5.

2. Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or
   reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.