Definition of idol

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Idol (n.) 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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Idolize :: Idolize (v. t.) To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt..
Baalism :: Baalism (n.) Worship of Baal; idolatry.
Idolatry :: Idolatry (n.) The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods..
Crocidolite :: Crocidolite (n.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers..
Ichthyomorphous :: Ichthyomorphous (a.) Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria..
Iconolatry :: Iconolatry (n.) The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves..
Idolater :: Idolater (n.) A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan..
Idolized :: Idolized (imp. & p. p.) of Idoliz.
Idolatries :: Idolatries (pl. ) of Idolatr.
Idolism :: Idolism (n.) The worship of idols.
Tammuz :: Tammuz (n.) A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis..
Syncretistic :: Syncretistic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols..
Ichthyolatry :: Ichthyolatry (n.) Worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols..
Idolous :: Idolous (a.) Idolatrous.
Idoloclast :: Idoloclast (n.) A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.
Image :: Image (n.) Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.
Self-worship :: Self-worship (n.) The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
Idolatrously :: Idolatrously (adv.) In a idolatrous manner.
Pteridology :: Pteridology (n.) That department of botany which treats of ferns.
Idolastre :: Idolastre (n.) An idolater.
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