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Definition of graven image noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

graven image

noun
 
/ˌɡreɪvn ˈɪmɪdʒ/
 
/ˌɡreɪvn ˈɪmɪdʒ/
(disapproving)
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  1. a statue or image that people worship as a god or as if it were a god
    Word Originwith an allusion to Exod. 20:4 in the Bible.
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