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==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1. An [[image]] or similitude of a [[deity]] or [[divinity]], used as an object of [[worship]]: applied to those worshipped by [[pagan]]s, whence, in [[scriptural]] [[language]], = false [[god]], a fictitious divinity which ‘is nothing in the world’ (1 Cor. viii. 4).
*1. An [[image]] or similitude of a [[deity]] or [[divinity]], used as an object of [[worship]]: applied to those worshipped by [[pagan]]s, whence, in [[scriptural]] [[language]], = false [[god]], a fictitious divinity which ‘is nothing in the world’ (1 Cor. viii. 4).
:b. Applied polemically to images or figures of [[divine]] [[beings]] and, more generally, to any [[material]] object of [[worship]] in a Christian church.
:b. Applied polemically to images or figures of [[divine]] [[beings]] and, more generally, to any [[material]] object of [[worship]] in a Christian church.
:c. A representation of a [[deity]] under some monstrous and non-natural form. Obs.
:c. A representation of a [[deity]] under some monstrous and non-natural form. Obs.
*2. fig. Any [[thing]] or [[person]] that is the object of excessive or supreme [[devotion]], or that usurps the place of [[God]] in human [[affection]].
*2. fig. Any [[thing]] or [[person]] that is the object of excessive or supreme [[devotion]], or that usurps the place of [[God]] in human [[affection]].
:a. A thing.
:a. A thing.
:b. A person so adored.
:b. A person so adored.
*3. An image, effigy, or figure of a person or thing; esp. a [[Sculpture|statue]]. Obs.
*3. An image, effigy, or figure of a person or thing; esp. a [[Sculpture|statue]]. Obs.
:b. A counterpart, likeness, imitation; = IMAGE n. 4, 4c. Obs.
:b. A counterpart, likeness, imitation; = IMAGE n. 4, 4c. Obs.
:c. Aspect, [[appearance]], likeness; = IMAGE n. 3.
:c. Aspect, [[appearance]], likeness; = IMAGE n. 3.
*4. An inert inactive person (who has the form, without the proper [[action|activity]] or [[energy]], of a man). = F. idole, but in English naturally associated with idle = IDLER. Obs.
*4. An inert inactive person (who has the form, without the proper [[action|activity]] or [[energy]], of a man). = F. idole, but in English naturally associated with idle = IDLER. Obs.
*5. A visible but unsubstantial [[appearance]], an image caused by [[reflection|reflexion]] as in a mirror, an incorporeal phantom.
*5. A visible but unsubstantial [[appearance]], an image caused by [[reflection|reflexion]] as in a mirror, an incorporeal phantom.
*6. A [[mind|mental]] [[fiction]]; a phantasy or fancy.
*6. A [[mind|mental]] [[fiction]]; a phantasy or fancy.
:b. [[Logic]]. A false mental image or [[concept]]ion; a false or misleading notion; a [[fallacy]]
:b. [[Logic]]. A false mental image or [[concept]]ion; a false or misleading notion; a [[fallacy]]
*7. A fictitious personation; a counterfeit, sham; a pretender. (By Spenser used of a magic counterfeit.)
*7. A fictitious personation; a counterfeit, sham; a pretender. (By Spenser used of a magic counterfeit.)
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