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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Idoatheit, -thit, a. and n. [e.m.E. idolothyte (1579), eccl. L. īdōlothytus. f. New Test. Greek (i Cor. i. 4, 7, etc.).] a. a. Sacrificed to an idol. b. n. A thing sacrificed to an idol. —a. a1568 Scott i. 153.
Paull biddis nocht deill with thingis idolatheitb. 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 100.
To dissuade the Corinthians to … haue ado vith the idolatheitis, that is, of meitis offerit to idollis Id. Cath. Tr. (S.T.S.) 239/11.
The idolathits
