graven image
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graven image
n.
An idol or fetish carved in wood or stone.
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graven image
n
(Bible) chiefly Bible a carved image used as an idol
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grav′en im′age
n.
an idol carved from stone or wood.
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Noun | 1. | graven image - a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" effigy, simulacrum, image - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" 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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