Idol, 1) an image worshipped as God, a false God: “well-painted i., image dull and dead,” Ven. 212. Sonn. 105, 2. Gent. IV, 2, 129. Tw. III, 4, 399. H5 IV, 1, 257. Troil. V, 1, 7.
2) a person worshipped to adoration: Gent. II, 4, 144. Troil. II, 3, 199. Hml. II, 2, 109.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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