graven image

Noun

Meaning

a material effigy that is worshipped

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

god baal deity icon idol effigy fetish simulacrum fetich statue

Antonyms

rascal imp heavy rogue criminal devil
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Hypernyms

image effigy simulacrum

Hyponyms

joss juggernaut golden calf

Examples

To glorify man in his natural and unmodified self is no less surely, even if less obviously, idolatry than actually to bow down before a graven image. Irving Babbitt

thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Source: Internet

money was his god Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

gravemarker gravemound graven graveness Graveney gravenstein