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eidolon
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ei·do·lon       [ahy-doh-luhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -la       [-luh] Pronunciation Key, -lons.
1.a phantom; apparition.
2.an ideal.
[Origin: 1820–30; see idol]
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ei·do·lon       (ī-dō'lən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ei·do·lons or ei·do·la (-lə)
  1. A phantom; an apparition.
  2. An image of an ideal.


[Greek eidōlon, from eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

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Eidolon

Ei*do"lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? image. See Idol.] An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition. --Sir W. Scott.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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