graven image
/ɡreɪvnˈɪmɪdʒ
/noun
A carved idol or representation of a god used as an object of worship.Our supreme temptation today is not idol worship of graven images so much as settling for the good rather than striving for the best....
- The First Commandment reveals all kinds of idols - not simply graven images but common ‘gods,’ like money or fame, and more complicated ones, like works-righteousness.
- Both embody the commandments to have no other gods before the Lord and neither to make nor worship graven images.
Origin
With biblical allusion to Exod. 20:4.
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