The deity is regarded as the central object of worship and the source of religious inspiration. (religion-online.org)
They immediately announce themselves as archetypal objects of worship in a modern age, fashioned from the same fabric as MacBooks, coke cans, cars and planes — a whole array of thoroughly untraditional and un-museumlike objects. (halesgallery.com)
These are intended not as objects of worship but as images and transparencies that direct and focus the worshiper's attention on God. (religion-online.org)