n. An image, effigy, figure, or likeness of anything.n. An image or similitude of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity made, consecrated, or used as an object of worship.n. Hence — A person on whom or a thing on which the affections are strongly set; any object of absorbing devotion other than God himself.n. A phantom or figment of the brain; a false or misleading notion or conception; an erroneous persuasion; a fallacy. See idolon.n. Bacon divided the fallacies or misconceptions that beset mankind into four classes:n. idols of the tribe (idola tribus), fallacies incident to humanity in general;n. idols of the den (idola specus), misapprehensions traceable to the peculiar mental or bodily constitution of the individual;n. idols of the market-place (idola fori), errors due to the influence of mere words or phrases;n. idols of the theatre (idola theatri), errors due to the prevalence of imperfect philosophic systems or misleading methods of demonstration.To worship; make an idol of; idolize.