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   Idol , 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.]
   An image or representation of anything. [Obs.]
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   Do her adore with sacred reverence,
   As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence.
   Spenser.
   
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   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.
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   That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold.
   Rev. ix. 20.
   
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   That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.
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   The soldier's god and people's idol.
   Denham.
   
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   A false notion or conception; a fallacy.
   Bacon.
   
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   The idols of preconceived opinion.
   Coleridge.
   
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