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Answer for the clue "Somewhat outstanding raven, I’m a general object of worship? ", 12 letters:
graven image

Word definitions for graven image in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Graven \Grav"en\, p. p. of Grave , v. t. Carved. Graven image , an idol; an object of worship carved from wood, stone, etc. ``Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.'' --Ex. xx. 4.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A carved idol or representation of a god used as an object of worship.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" [syn: idol , god ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Graven Image is the 23rd album by Jandek , released in (1994) as Corwood Industries release #0761. It was the first Corwood CD, and was remastered and re-issued in 2004.

Usage examples of graven image.

I can remember looking at the list when I was about seventeen and thinking that I wasn't going to have too much trouble, if you took out all the graven image restrictions and left in the ones that really mattered.

He held the medallion, gripped it tightly, felt its surface, its graven image, and envisioned not Meeks, but the Paladin riding out of Sterling Silver, riding out at sunrise, riding to him.

In desperation, almost without thinking about what he was doing, he reached into his tunic and pulled out the medallion with its graven image of a knight riding out of a castle at sunrise.

He reached into his tunic and pulled forth the medallion with the graven image of the Paladin riding out of Sterling Silver at sunrise.

He held the medallion, gripped it tightly, felt its surface, its graven image, and envisioned not Meeks, but the Paladin riding out of Sterling Silver, riding out at sunrise, riding to him&hellip.

Seeing it thus it was not possible to doubt the aura of magical power that invested the graven image.

Holding it up to his eyes, the little man struggled with difficulty to concentrate on the graven image he had purloined.

There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath D&iacute.