different between vainglory vs idolatry

English

Etymology

From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin v?na gl?ria, from Latin v?na (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + gl?ria (“fame, ambition, boasting”), apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English ?del wuldor (“vain glory”) and ?del?ielp (“vainglory”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vain?glo?ry

Noun

vainglory (countable and uncountable, plural vainglories)

1. Excessive vanity.
2. Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.

3. Vain, ostentatious display.
4. A regarding of oneself with undue favor.

Derived terms

• vaingloriness
• vainglorious

Translations

Verb

vainglory (third-person singular simple present vainglories, present participle vainglorying, simple past and past participle vaingloried)

1. (intransitive) To boast; to act in a vain manner.

English

Alternative forms

• idololatry (rare)

Etymology

From Old French idolatrie, ydolatrie, from Late Latin ?d?latr?a, from Ecclesiastical Latin ?d?lolatr?a, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (eid?lolatreí?) or ???????????? (eid?lolatrí?, “worship of idols”), back-formation from ???????????? (eid?lolátr?s) (?d?latra in Latin), from ??????? (eíd?lon, “idol”) + ?????? (látris, “worshipper”) or ??????? (latreú?, “I worship”), from ?????? (látron, “payment”); cognate with modern French idolâtrie, Italian idolatria, Occitan ydolatria, Portuguese idolatria and Spanish idolatría.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /a??d?l.?.t?i?/
• (US) enPR: ?-d?'l?-tr?, IPA^(key): /a??d?.l?.t?i/

Noun

idolatry (countable and uncountable, plural idolatries)

1. The worship of idols.
2. The excessive admiration of somebody or something.

Synonyms

• adoration
• reverence
• worship

Related terms

• idol
• idolater
• idolatrous
• idolatrously
• -latry

Translations

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on idolatry

Anagrams

• adroitly, dilatory