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==Origins==
==Origins==
Middle [[English]]. a. Old French. id(e)le, and idole, ad. late L. dl-um (also dl-um in Prudentius c400, Sedulius c470), image, form, spectre, apparition, in eccl. use ‘idol’, a. Gr. image, phantom, [[idea]], fancy, likeness, in LXX ‘idol’, f. form, shape. The early OF. idele, idle (11th c.), represent the [[Latin]] idolum, the accentuation following that of the [[Greek]]. The current Fr. idole was adapted in 13th c. from L. idolum.
Middle [[English]]. a. Old French. id(e)le, and idole, ad. late L. dl-um (also dl-um in Prudentius c400, Sedulius c470), image, form, spectre, apparition, in eccl. use ‘idol’, a. Gr. image, phantom, [[idea]], fancy, likeness, in LXX ‘idol’, f. form, shape. The early OF. idele, idle (11th c.), represent the [[Latin]] idolum, the accentuation following that of the [[Greek]]. The current Fr. idole was adapted in 13th c. from L. idolum.
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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Idols''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Ideology this link].</center>
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==Definitions==
==Definitions==
===From Jewish and Christian use===
===From Jewish and Christian use===
