I"dol (?), n. [OE.
idole, F. idole, L.
idolum, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; that which is
seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. &?; to see. See Wit, and cf. Eidolon.]
1. An image or representation of anything. [Obs.]
Do her adore
with sacred reverence,
As th' idol of her maker's great
magnificence.
Spenser. 2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any
other being or thing, made or used as
an object of worship; a
similitude of a false god.
That
they should not worship devils, and idols of gold.
Rev. ix. 20.
3. That on which the
affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of
passionate devotion;
a person or
thing greatly loved or adored.
The soldier's
god and people's idol.
Denham.
4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon.
The
idols of preconceived opinion.
Coleridge.
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