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Definition of Iconoclasm

1. Noun. The orientation of an iconoclast.

Definition of Iconoclasm

1. n. The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

Definition of Iconoclasm

1. Noun. The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives. ¹

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Definition of Iconoclasm

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Iconoclasm

Literary usage of Iconoclasm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1866)
"Such a period is essentially one of political iconoclasm—the breaking of idols which we find we have heretofore unduly cherished, and with it the recovery ..."

2. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1895)
"CHAPTER XL iconoclasm. Sources:— Authorities. Our chief authorities here are THEOPHANES and NICEPHORUS, BOOK vil. who were both born in the year 758. ..."

3. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1895)
"... the storm of iconoclasm that swept over the land, destroying the paintings, images, and other symbols and instruments of Catholic worship, ..."

4. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"... every one at the present day must rejoice that no tempest of iconoclasm ever swept over England. Whoever looks on those — "Swelling hills and spacious ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Continued oppression, violation of religious peace, renewed iconoclasm and plundering under Hohenlohe and Sonoy, as well as under the two leaders mentioned ..."

6. History of the Christian Church by John Fletcher Hurst (1897)
"CHAPTER VIIL iconoclasm. THE image cultus found luxuriant soil especially in the sensuous and imaginative East. In churches and public halls, in houses and ..."

7. A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 by John Bagnell Bury (1889)
"... X THE REACTION AGAINST iconoclasm THE Empress Irene, as might be expected from her Greek origin, was devotedly attached to the worship of images, ..."

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