Definition of Iconolatry

1. Noun. The worship of sacred images.

Generic synonyms: Idol Worship, Idolatry

Definition of Iconolatry

1. n. The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.

Definition of Iconolatry

1. Noun. The worship of images as symbols. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Iconolatry

1. [n -TRIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iconolatry

iconoclasts
iconodule
iconodules
iconographer
iconographers
iconographic
iconographical
iconographically
iconographies
iconographist
iconographists
iconography
iconolater
iconolaters
iconolatries
iconolatry (current term)
iconological
iconologies
iconology
iconomachy
iconomania
iconomical
iconophile
iconophiles
iconophilist
iconophilists
iconophobic
iconoscope
iconoscopes
iconostases

Literary usage of Iconolatry

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

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The basal doctrines of the advocates of iconolatry were developed ... In general iconolatry has never been so prominent in the West as in the East, ..."

2. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"(EBT) Image - worship (or iconolatry) [Lat. imago, a copy] : Ger. ... Image-worship (or iconolatry) may be regarded as a species of idol-worship. ..."

3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"(EBT) Image - worship (or iconolatry) [Lat. imago, a copy] : Ger. ... Image-worship (or iconolatry) may be regarded as a species of idol-worship. ..."

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