noun
- A material effigy that is worshipped.
- usage: "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
- synonyms: graven image, god
- Someone who is adored blindly and excessively.
- synonyms: matinee idol
- An ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept.
- synonyms: paragon, perfection, beau ideal
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