Idol /(?)/

I·dol

Idol

n.
  1. An image or representation of anything. [Obs.]
    Do her adore with sacred reverence, As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence.
  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.
  4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy.
    The idols of preconceived opinion.