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Graven image

British pronunciation/ɡɹˈeɪvən ˈɪmɪdʒ/
American pronunciation/ɡɹˈeɪvən ˈɪmɪdʒ/
Graven image
[NOUN]
1

a material effigy that is worshipped

synonyms : god
idol
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Examples
1People, especially young people, smashed up churches because the bible says no graven images.
2And some people are so unbelievably pumped about this technology they're building little graven images to it and going to natural gas wells on Sunday mornings.
3The Protestants weren’t so keen on graven images, even fun theatrical ones, and cycle plays were seen as too Catholic.
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