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idol
The definition of an idol is a false god or an object that is adored or worshipped.
(noun)An example of an idol is a rock that people pray to.
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See idol in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- an image of a god, used as an object or instrument of worship
- in monotheistic belief, any heathen deity
- any object of ardent or excessive devotion or admiration
- a false notion or idea that causes errors in thinking or reasoning
- Archaic anything that has no substance but can be seen, as an image in a mirror
- Obsolete
- any image or effigy
- an impostor
Origin: ME idole < OFr < L idolum, an image, form, specter, apparition (in LL(Ec), idol) < Gr eidōlon, an image, phantom (in LGr(Ec), idol) < eidos, form: see -oid
See idol in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. An image used as an object of worship.b. A false god.
- One that is adored, often blindly or excessively.
- Something visible but without substance.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French idole
Origin: , from Late Latin īdōlum
Origin: , from Greek eidōlon, phantom, idol
Origin: , from eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots
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