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Definition of idol in English:

idol

noun ˈʌɪd(ə)lˈaɪdl
  • 1An image or representation of a god used as an object of worship.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My mind sped from the first commandment to Paul's advice about eating food offered to idols.
    • This is based on Isaiah's notion that the idols represented the purported power of the nations.
    • Make this city one of peace and security and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols.
    • Paul himself offers a good example in his treatment of eating meats sacrificed to idols.
    • They even went to heathen temples, worshipped idols, and called to the Devil for help.
    • Rashi suggests that Rachel stole Laban's idols to prevent her father from worshiping them.
    • The pagan deities' idols Baal and Ashera, on the other hand, had no such scruples.
    • Ironically, Abraham's father, Terach, had made his living selling idols of various gods.
    • Aryans on the other hand had no idols and worshipped nature, as human forms that resided in the heavens.
    • Some people are so weak that they are afraid of eating things sacrificed to idols.
    • Some of the children of Israel had begun to stray after the daughters of Moav and to worship their idols.
    • In theological terms this led into seeing it as defined through the worship of God and idols.
    • Then we have a history of divinity bestowed on idols, rivers and trees by men.
    • What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?
    • Some worship idols, foolishly ignorant; others put trust in the tombs of the dead.
    • These were, we must remember, unbelieving Gentiles, worshipers of idols and knew very little of the Jewish religion.
    • What we believe about Genesis is not an issue like eating meat sacrificed to idols.
    • They destroyed an idol to a god that was leading the world into immorality.
    • Each village has its own goddess or Gramadevata, often in the form of an idol worshipped under a sacred tree.
    • Israel had more heathen kings and again the people began to worship idols.
    Synonyms
    icon, god, image, likeness, fetish, totem, statue, figure, figurine, doll, carving
    graven image, false god, effigy, golden calf
    1. 1.1 A person or thing that is greatly admired, loved, or revered.
      a soccer idol
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now the aristos and film idols have been joined by sports stars.
      • Wilder grew up loving Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, but his great idol was famed director Ernst Lubitsch.
      • But he will know that the Victorians had their own idols, especially among the heroes and martyrs of the Empire.
      • IT'S taken him 30 years, but Al Pacino finally seems comfortable with his status as a movie idol.
      • Up to five children will impersonate their favourite rock and pop idols live on stage in front of an audience with special voting keypads.
      • In the Arab world many of these people are literary celebrities, film idols, and media stars.
      • Now, she dreams of becoming a big name producer emulating her idol, hip-hop star Kanye West.
      • What friend, dignitary, hero, sports idol, movie star, etc. might we ask over to eat with us?
      • But he was also a keen footballer who admired his idols Manchester United and who enjoyed a kickabout with friends.
      • Football watchdogs are hoping to cut the cost for soccer fans desperate to keep up with their soccer idols.
      • It would seem the British public would prefer to admire their idols from afar but next door is just a little too close for comfort.
      • After all no-one needs past heroes when there are new idols to laud.
      • The Presley posse had gathered in York to celebrate and commemorate their idol, who died 25 years ago today.
      • A vegetarian socialist with great personal charm and a definite way with the love poem, you remain an idol for female readers.
      • He had the look of a former idol or tennis star with his medium build, blue eyes, and short wavy blonde hair.
      • For many adolescents, particularly young women, their hearts really do belong to singing and movie idols.
      • I know that Dad was an idol to millions who grew up loving his music and his ideals.
      • Raising the subject is more racist than people simply choosing their favourite idol.
      • We change our tastes and opinions with the same blinding speed that TV can make you famous or the press turn on idols they once loved.
      • He just couldn't believe that he would in fact become a big rock star, just like his idols.
      Synonyms
      hero, heroine, star, superstar, icon, celebrity, celebutante
      favourite, darling, beloved, pet, apple of one's eye
      informal pin-up, heart throb, blue-eyed boy/girl, golden boy/girl
      North American informal fair-haired boy/girl

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'.

  • Both idyll (late 16th century) and idol go back to Greek eidos ‘form, shape, picture’. Its earliest uses in English were for false gods, images that people revered as objects of worship, and that Jewish and Christian tradition condemned. Outside religion, any object of excessive devotion has been called an idol since the mid 16th century, mainly in a condemnatory way. No one wanted to be a pop idol until the end of the 20th century, but in the 21st century it is such a common ambition that the reality TV contest Pop Idol has been an outstanding success. It is the ‘picture’ element that is prominent in idyll—a picture in words. When English adopted the word it meant ‘description of a picturesque scene or incident’, which is the sense in the title of Alfred Lord Tennyson's series of poems based on Arthurian legend, The Idylls of the King. Tennyson's popularization of the term in the mid 19th century led to the word idyllic and the development of the usual modern sense, ‘an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque period or situation’.

Rhymes

bridal, bridle, fratricidal, genocidal, germicidal, homicidal, idle, infanticidal, insecticidal, intertidal, matricidal, parricidal, patricidal, pesticidal, regicidal, sidle, suicidal, tidal, tyrannicidal, uxoricidal
 
 

Definition of idol in US English:

idol

nounˈīdlˈaɪdl
  • 1An image or representation of a god used as an object of worship.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In theological terms this led into seeing it as defined through the worship of God and idols.
    • Each village has its own goddess or Gramadevata, often in the form of an idol worshipped under a sacred tree.
    • Rashi suggests that Rachel stole Laban's idols to prevent her father from worshiping them.
    • They destroyed an idol to a god that was leading the world into immorality.
    • They even went to heathen temples, worshipped idols, and called to the Devil for help.
    • The pagan deities' idols Baal and Ashera, on the other hand, had no such scruples.
    • What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?
    • My mind sped from the first commandment to Paul's advice about eating food offered to idols.
    • Some of the children of Israel had begun to stray after the daughters of Moav and to worship their idols.
    • Some worship idols, foolishly ignorant; others put trust in the tombs of the dead.
    • Paul himself offers a good example in his treatment of eating meats sacrificed to idols.
    • Aryans on the other hand had no idols and worshipped nature, as human forms that resided in the heavens.
    • These were, we must remember, unbelieving Gentiles, worshipers of idols and knew very little of the Jewish religion.
    • Israel had more heathen kings and again the people began to worship idols.
    • Make this city one of peace and security and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols.
    • This is based on Isaiah's notion that the idols represented the purported power of the nations.
    • Some people are so weak that they are afraid of eating things sacrificed to idols.
    • What we believe about Genesis is not an issue like eating meat sacrificed to idols.
    • Then we have a history of divinity bestowed on idols, rivers and trees by men.
    • Ironically, Abraham's father, Terach, had made his living selling idols of various gods.
    Synonyms
    icon, god, image, likeness, fetish, totem, statue, figure, figurine, doll, carving
    1. 1.1 A person or thing that is greatly admired, loved, or revered.
      movie idol Robert Redford
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the Arab world many of these people are literary celebrities, film idols, and media stars.
      • I know that Dad was an idol to millions who grew up loving his music and his ideals.
      • He just couldn't believe that he would in fact become a big rock star, just like his idols.
      • A vegetarian socialist with great personal charm and a definite way with the love poem, you remain an idol for female readers.
      • Wilder grew up loving Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, but his great idol was famed director Ernst Lubitsch.
      • The Presley posse had gathered in York to celebrate and commemorate their idol, who died 25 years ago today.
      • What friend, dignitary, hero, sports idol, movie star, etc. might we ask over to eat with us?
      • It would seem the British public would prefer to admire their idols from afar but next door is just a little too close for comfort.
      • Up to five children will impersonate their favourite rock and pop idols live on stage in front of an audience with special voting keypads.
      • For many adolescents, particularly young women, their hearts really do belong to singing and movie idols.
      • Raising the subject is more racist than people simply choosing their favourite idol.
      • We change our tastes and opinions with the same blinding speed that TV can make you famous or the press turn on idols they once loved.
      • IT'S taken him 30 years, but Al Pacino finally seems comfortable with his status as a movie idol.
      • But he was also a keen footballer who admired his idols Manchester United and who enjoyed a kickabout with friends.
      • He had the look of a former idol or tennis star with his medium build, blue eyes, and short wavy blonde hair.
      • After all no-one needs past heroes when there are new idols to laud.
      • Now the aristos and film idols have been joined by sports stars.
      • But he will know that the Victorians had their own idols, especially among the heroes and martyrs of the Empire.
      • Now, she dreams of becoming a big name producer emulating her idol, hip-hop star Kanye West.
      • Football watchdogs are hoping to cut the cost for soccer fans desperate to keep up with their soccer idols.
      Synonyms
      hero, heroine, star, superstar, icon, celebrity, celebutante

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’.

 
 
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