Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Worship of icons or images.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The worship or adoration of images; idolatry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from
idolatry , the worship of images themselves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
worship ofimages assymbols .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the worship of sacred images
Etymologies
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Examples
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From the Rushmorean cover portrait of Bush (which over the headline 'An American Revolutionary' was such a brazen and transparent effort to recall George Washington that it was embarrassing) to the 'Why We Fight' black-and-white portraiture of the aggrieved president sitting somberly at the bedside of the war-wounded, this issue is positively hysterical in its iconolatry.
"What kind of a maniac puts eagles in a Christmas tree?": James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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"Maritime historians are prone to iconolatry," says John Maxtone-Graham at the outset of "Normandie," a handsome and comprehensive look at the queen of France's maritime fleet in the 1930s.
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From the Rushmorean cover portrait of Bush which over the headline "An American Revolutionary" was such a brazen and transparent effort to recall George Washington that it was embarrassing to the "Why We Fight" black-and-white portraiture of the aggrieved president sitting somberly at the bedside of the war-wounded, this issue is positively hysterical in its iconolatry.
The Red Cross Knight 2005
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In this great struggle between the iconoclasts and the adherents to the use of the icons, the Athenians placed themselves on the side of iconolatry.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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