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Synonyms for idols

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahyd-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪd l

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Définition of idols

Origin :
  • mid-13c., "image of a deity as an object of (pagan) worship," from Old French idole "idol, graven image, pagan god," from Late Latin idolum "image (mental or physical), form," used in Church Latin for "false god," from Greek eidolon "appearance, reflection in water or a mirror," later "mental image, apparition, phantom," also "material image, statue," from eidos "form" (see -oid). Figurative sense of "something idolized" is first recorded 1560s (in Middle English the figurative sense was "someone who is false or untrustworthy"). Meaning "a person so adored" is from 1590s.
  • noun person greatly admired
Example sentences :
  • But then I dragged these idols down and made you see me as I am.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • They led the natives to destroy their idols and to give up cannibalism.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Because they prayed to God, when other people were praying to idols.
  • Extract from : « Hurlbut's Bible Lessons » by Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
  • In the palanquins were two idols, god and goddess, out on view.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • There are idols by the roadside, and these are open to all; but they are lesser creations.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • So the Buddhist idols determined to get rid of the little fat fellow.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • The same attitude towards their idols was adopted by the Polynesians.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
  • But seing they giue this vnto these Idols / are they not Idolatrors?
  • Extract from : « A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful » by Peter Martyr
  • All the idols in the world except the Kaaba tumbled to earth.
  • Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks
  • Demolition of one's idols is painful, and Carlyle had been an idol.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams

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