golden calf

Noun

Meaning

(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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

god icon idol effigy fetish mammon simulacrum inamorata

Hypernyms

god idol graven image

Examples

An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent Christian feels about Thor or Baal or the golden calf. As has been said before, we are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Richard Dawkins

The worship of the golden calf of old (cf. Ex 32:15-34) has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal. Pope Francis

Close letter words and terms

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