| 单词 |
iconomachy |
| 释义 |
iconomachy|aɪkəˈnɒməkɪ|
[ad. eccl. L. īconomachia, a. eccl. Gr. εἰκονοµαχία, f. εἰκών icon + -µαχία fighting.]
A war against images; hostility or opposition to images, esp. to their use in connexion with worship.
1581E. Campion in Confer. iii. (1584) P, That of Constantinople, was not a generall nor lawfull Councill, but a certaine Iconomachy. 1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low C. Warres v. 123 margin, A new Iconomachy at Antwerp. 1855Motley Dutch Rep. ii. vii. I. 569 The celebrated iconomachy of the Netherlands. Ibid. vi. i. III. 383 Nothing more excited the indignation of the Prince of Orange than such senseless iconomachy.
Hence † iconoˈmachian, † iconoˈmachical adjs., practising or advocating iconomachy. icoˈnomachist, one who contends against the cultus of images.
a1638Mede Apost. Latter Times xvii. Wks. iii. 674 The Iconomachical Council of Constantinople. 1640Iconomachian [see iconoclastic]. 1875J. C. Robertson Hist. Chr. Ch. III. 137 An anathema was pronounced against all opponents of images..with curses against iconomachists and heretics of every kind. |
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