Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Enmity or opposition to icons or sacred images; the principles and conduct of the Iconoclasts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Hostility to images as objects of worship.
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- noun
Hostility toimages as objects ofworship .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such in general outline and in certain individual details, was the celebrated iconomachy of the Netherlands.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Nothing more excited the indignation of the Prince of Orange than such senseless iconomachy.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Nothing more excited the indignation of the Prince of Orange than such senseless iconomachy.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Such in general outline and in certain individual details, was the celebrated iconomachy of the Netherlands.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Nothing more excited the indignation of the Prince of Orange than such senseless iconomachy.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 29: 1578, part III John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Such in general outline and in certain individual details, was the celebrated iconomachy of the Netherlands.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 10: 1566, part I John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Nothing more excited the indignation of the Prince of Orange than such senseless iconomachy.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Such in general outline and in certain individual details, was the celebrated iconomachy of the Netherlands.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
peritus commented on the word iconomachy
Fighting over images or idols; specifically, the opposition to the use of such things in religious contexts.
February 10, 2008