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idols

[ahyd-l]

i·dol

[ahyd-l]
noun
1.
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
2.
Bible.
a.
an image of a deity other than God.
b.
the deity itself.
3.
any person or thing regarded with blind admiration, adoration, or devotion: Madame Curie had been her childhood idol.
4.
a mere image or semblance of something, visible but without substance, as a phantom.
5.
a figment of the mind; fantasy.
EXPAND
6.
a false conception or notion; fallacy.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English < Late Latin īdōlum < Greek eídōlon image, idol, derivative of eîdos shape, form

idle, idol, idyll (see synonym note at idle).


1. See image. 3. favorite, darling, pet.

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