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eidolon

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ei·do·lon  (-dln)
n. pl. ei·do·lons or ei·do·la (-l)
1. A phantom; an apparition.
2. An image of an ideal.
[Greek eidlon, from eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
eidolon
a phantom or apparition.
See also: Ghosts


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BY a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have reached these lands but newly From an ultimate dim Thule - From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, Out of SPACE - out of TIME.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Tulliver in particular, as he is represented to be in that eidolon or portrait of him which we have seen to exist in the miller's mind.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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