Definition of Idols

1. Noun. (plural of idol) ¹

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Definition of Idols

1. idol [n] - See also: idol

Lexicographical Neighbors of Idols

idolists
idolization
idolizations
idolize
idolized
idolizer
idolizers
idolizes
idolizing
idolizingly
idoloclast
idoloclasts
idolographical
idolomancy
idolous
idols (current term)
idolum
idoneities
idoneity
idoneous
idorgan
idose
idoses
idoxuridine
idrialine
idrialines
idrialite
idrialites
idrosis
ids

Literary usage of Idols

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"And do you think the Jews can be converted to images, and idols? they will tell ... And now to see what multitudes of images and idols are set up amongst ..."

2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"idols of the Greeks and Romans mentioned in the Aew Testament.—IX. ... I. IDOLATRY is the superstitious worship of idols or false gods. ..."

3. The Baptist Missionary Magazine by Executive Committee, Baptist General Convention, American Baptist Missionary Union, Board of Managers (1844)
"All who came into the room where the idols were, prostrated themselves before them ... OD being told it was not right to worship idols, the priests replied, ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In 726 Leo III published an edict declaring images to be idols, ... He explains the difference between them and idols, with some surprise that Leo does not ..."

5. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo, Henry Yule, Henri Cordier (1903)
"Now you must know that the idols of Cathay, and Manzi, ... And in this Island as well as elsewhere, there be some of the idols that have the head of an ox, ..."

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