idoln.[OE. idole, F. idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. , fr. that which is seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. to see. See Wit, and cf. Eidolon.]1. An image or representation of anything.()Do her adore with sacred reverence,
As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence. (Spenser.)2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.()That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold. (Rev. ix. 20.)3. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.()The soldier's god and people's idol. (Denham.)4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy.(Bacon.)The idols of preconceived opinion. (Coleridge.)