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Definition of iconolatry in English: iconolatrynoun ˌʌɪkəˈnɒlətriˌīkəˈnälətrē mass nounderogatory The worship of icons. 〈主贬〉圣像崇拜，偶像崇拜 Example sentencesExamples - The natives so embraced the pageantry and the promise of the new faith; and centuries later, testament to that Christian hegemony is the ubiquity of an iconolatry, none as dispersed into the bowels of urban and rural religious life as the icon of the Santo Nino.
- Israel's religion must be regarded as iconolatry even though it forbids images, since it insists on a personal, named God.
- The essays in this collection identify and discuss several important points along these borders, paying particular attention to the issues of iconolatry, iconoclasm, obscenity, and the staging of judicial authority.
- For Fairey, the intent of art is to deconstruct this iconolatry.
- The author is quite serious when he calls Eastern veneration of icons ‘iconolatry.’
Synonyms idol worship, idolatrism, fetishism, icon worship
OriginEarly 17th century: from ecclesiastical Greek eikonolatreia, from eikōn 'likeness' + -latria 'worship'. Rhymesbardolatry, hagiolatry, idolatry Definition of iconolatry in US English: iconolatrynounˌīkəˈnälətrē derogatory The worship of icons. 〈主贬〉圣像崇拜，偶像崇拜 Example sentencesExamples - The natives so embraced the pageantry and the promise of the new faith; and centuries later, testament to that Christian hegemony is the ubiquity of an iconolatry, none as dispersed into the bowels of urban and rural religious life as the icon of the Santo Nino.
- The essays in this collection identify and discuss several important points along these borders, paying particular attention to the issues of iconolatry, iconoclasm, obscenity, and the staging of judicial authority.
- For Fairey, the intent of art is to deconstruct this iconolatry.
- The author is quite serious when he calls Eastern veneration of icons ‘iconolatry.’
- Israel's religion must be regarded as iconolatry even though it forbids images, since it insists on a personal, named God.
Synonyms idol worship, idolatrism, fetishism, icon worship
OriginEarly 17th century: from ecclesiastical Greek eikonolatreia, from eikōn ‘likeness’ + -latria ‘worship’. |