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GRAVEN IMAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A material effigy that is worshipped

Example:

money was his god

Synonyms:

god; graven image; idol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("graven image" is a kind of...):

effigy; image; simulacrum (a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graven image"):

golden calf ((Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly)

joss (a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol)

Juggernaut (a crude idol of Krishna)

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