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Images of household gods
Answer for the clue "Images of household gods ", 8 letters:
teraphim
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Teraphim \Ter"a*phim\, n. pl. [Heb. ter[=a]ph[=i]m.] Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers. --Dr. W. Smith ...
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Teraphim ( teraph ; plural: תרפים teraphim ) is a Hebrew word from the Bible , found only in the plural, of uncertain etymology . Despite being plural, Teraphim may refer to singular objects, using the Hebrew plural of excellence . The word Teraphim is ...
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n. An idol or other image of reverence and divination among the ancient Hebrews; apparently especially a kind of household god.
Usage examples of teraphim.
And (not to enlarge upon the cruciated character of Trismegistus, or handed crosses, so often occurring in the Needles of Pharoah, and Obelisks of Antiquity) the StatuæIsiacæ, Teraphims, and little Idols, found about the Mummies, do make a decussation of Jacob's Crosse, with their armes, like that on the head of Ephraim and Manasses, and this decussis is also graphically described between them.