Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Permitting the eating of meats sacrificed to idols.

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  • These last I have called "idolothytic" Christians, because I cannot devise a better name, not because it is strictly defensible etymologically.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

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  • As gods will not deign to eat meat
    Your slender amour spurns a sweet.
    It's not hypocritic
    But idolothytic
    To give her your favorite treat.

    July 20, 2016

  • oddly specific!!

    July 21, 2016