god 4
noundomain: artefact
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a material effigy that is worshipped
Examples
- 1.money was his god
- 2.thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
Hypernym
effigy 1
noun
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
EnglishHyponym
golden calf 1
noun
(Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly
joss 1
noun
a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
Juggernaut 3
noun
a crude idol of Krishna
palladium 2
noun
a cult image of great antiquity on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend, the wooden statue (xoanon) of Pallas Athena that Odysseus and Diomedes stole from the citadel of Troy and which was later taken to the future site of Rome by Aeneas.
