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graven image

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graven image
n.
An idol or fetish carved in wood or stone.
graven image
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Chiefly Bible a carved image used as an idol
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Noun1.graven imagegraven image - a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
idol, 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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`There was a graven image of Desire Painted with red blood on a ground of gold.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
He threaded his way back to the ferry landing, found nobody at large there, and walked boldly on board the boat, for he knew she was tenantless except that there was a watchman, who always turned in and slept like a graven image.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
He saw him sign to his men that he had come upon that which he sought and he saw him pass out of sight toward the north, and still Korak sat like a graven image, with a heart that bled in dumb misery.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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