English words for 'false worship'
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noun
noun
adj
- Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods.
- Of or pertaining to idolatry.
- Used in or designed for idolatry; devoted to idols or idol-worship.
- Engaging in excessive attachment or reverence; inordinately or profanely devoted.
- blindly or excessively devoted or adoring
- relating to or practicing idolatry
suffix
verb
- (intransitive) To pursue false gods.
- (intransitive) To engage the services of a prostitute.
- (transitive, slang, video games, derogatory) To overuse something.
- (intransitive) To prostitute oneself.
- (transitive) To pimp; to pander.
- (transitive) To promote shamelessly.
- (intransitive) To pursue false goals.
- work as a prostitute
- have unlawful sex with a whore
- compromise oneself for money or other gains
noun
- A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
- A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
- A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- A contemptible person.
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
noun
- (now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
- (in the plural) A person's fears or anxieties.
- (Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.
- (card games) A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
- A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
- A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
- A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
- A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.
- (computing) Alternative spelling of daemon.
- Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
- A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
- (physics) Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: a quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity.
- An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- someone extremely diligent or skillful
- an evil supernatural being
noun
noun
- (uncountable) Worship of the devil; Satanism
- a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)
- (uncountable) Possession by Satan or other demonic forces.
- (countable) Character, action, utterances, creative works, behavior or principles appropriate to the devil.
- (uncountable) The property of having attributes that are demonic or Satanic.
noun
noun
noun
- Any declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or (as now often implied) pretended.
- (collective) The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
- An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
- (religion) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
- The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion.
- an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
- affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith
- an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
- the body of people in a learned occupation
adj
noun
noun
noun
- the activity of worshipping
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
verb
- show devotion to (a deity)
- attend religious services
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
noun
- (biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
- (political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
- (ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
- (strictly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry
- (biblical, loosely) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the sixth/seventh commandment; sinful sexual behavior as a category.
- extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
noun
noun
noun
- (now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
- (in the plural) A person's fears or anxieties.
- (Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.
- (card games) A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
- A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
- A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
- A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
- A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.
- (computing) Alternative spelling of daemon.
- Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
- A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
- (physics) Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: a quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity.
- An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- someone extremely diligent or skillful
- an evil supernatural being
noun
noun
- (uncountable) Worship of the devil; Satanism
- a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)
- (uncountable) Possession by Satan or other demonic forces.
- (countable) Character, action, utterances, creative works, behavior or principles appropriate to the devil.
- (uncountable) The property of having attributes that are demonic or Satanic.
noun
noun
noun
- Any declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or (as now often implied) pretended.
- (collective) The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
- An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
- (religion) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
- The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion.
- an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
- affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith
- an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
- the body of people in a learned occupation
noun
noun
- the activity of worshipping
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
verb
- show devotion to (a deity)
- attend religious services
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
noun
- (biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
- (political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
- (ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
- (strictly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry
- (biblical, loosely) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the sixth/seventh commandment; sinful sexual behavior as a category.
- extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
verb
- (intransitive) To pursue false gods.
- (intransitive) To engage the services of a prostitute.
- (transitive, slang, video games, derogatory) To overuse something.
- (intransitive) To prostitute oneself.
- (transitive) To pimp; to pander.
- (transitive) To promote shamelessly.
- (intransitive) To pursue false goals.
- work as a prostitute
- have unlawful sex with a whore
- compromise oneself for money or other gains
noun
- A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
- A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
- A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- A contemptible person.
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
adj
- Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods.
- Of or pertaining to idolatry.
- Used in or designed for idolatry; devoted to idols or idol-worship.
- Engaging in excessive attachment or reverence; inordinately or profanely devoted.
- blindly or excessively devoted or adoring
- relating to or practicing idolatry