idolisms

The life of an heroic age -- that is, of an older stage of civilisation than the common European medieval form -- was interpreted and represented by the men of that age themselves with a clearness of understanding that appears to be quite unaffected by the common medieval fallacies and "idolisms."

Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature W. P. Ker

After some general propositions, it would be proper to indulge the orthodoxy of invocation; not to Muses, however, but to the subject itself; for now-a-days, in lieu of definite deities, our worship has regard to theories, doctrines, and other abstract idolisms: and thereafter should follow at length an historical retrospect of domestic life, from the savage to the transition states of hunters and warriors;

An Author's Mind : The Book of Title-pages Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849

After some general propositions, it would be proper to indulge the orthodoxy of invocation; not to Muses, however, but to the subject itself; for now-a-days, in lieu of definite deities, our worship has regard to theories, doctrines, and other abstract idolisms: and thereafter should follow at length an historical retrospect of domestic life, from the savage to the transition states of hunters and warriors;

The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849