Idol

n.	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. The idols of preconceived opinion. - Coleridge.

Noun	1.	idol - a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" Synonyms: graven image, god
	2.	idol - someone who is adored blindly and excessively Synonyms: matinee idol
	3.	idol - an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept Synonyms: beau ideal, paragon, perfection

IDOL - Icon-Derived Object Language. An object-oriented preprocessor for Icon. ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/languages/icon/idol.tar.Z. ["Programming in Idol: An Object Primer", C.L. Jeffery, U Arizona CS TR #90-10].

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