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golden calf

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golden calf
n.
1. A golden image of a sacrificial calf fashioned by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites.
2.
a. Money as an object of worship; mammon.
b. The subject of intense veneration: "Arms control . . . has evolved [into] the golden calf of liberalism" Patrick J. Buchanan.
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Noun1.golden calfgolden 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
graven image, idol, god - a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
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No matter what foolish declarations people make about money, they one and all, if they live in Paris, must grovel before accounts, do homage to figures, and kiss the forked hoof of the golden calf.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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