idol
noun
[ ˈʌɪd(ə)l ]
• an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship.
Similar:
icon,
god,
image,
likeness,
fetish,
totem,
statue,
figure,
figurine,
doll,
carving,
graven image,
false god,
effigy,
golden calf,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French idole, from Latin idolum ‘image, form’ (used in ecclesiastical Latin in the sense ‘idol’), from Greek eidōlon, from eidos ‘form, shape’.
