Christian iconography, the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc.

Iconolater
(I`co*nol"a*ter) n. [Gr. e'ikw`n an image + to worship: cf. F. iconolâtre.] One who worships images.

Iconolatry
(I`co*nol"a*try) n. [See Iconolater.] The worship of images as symbols; — distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.

Iconology
(I`co*nol"o*gy) n. [Gr. e'ikw`n an image + discourse: cf. F. iconologie.] The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.

Iconomachy
(I`co*nom"a*chy) n. [Gr. a war against images; e'ikw`n an image + fight.] Hostility to images as objects of worship. [R.]

Iconomical
(I`co*nom"ic*al) a. [Gr. e'ikw`n image + fight.] Opposed to pictures or images as objects of worship. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Iconical
(I*con"ic*al) a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.

Iconism
(I"con*ism) n. [L. iconismus, Gr. fr. to mold, delineate, fr. e'ikw`n an image: cf. F. iconisme.] The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.

Some kind of apish imitations, counterfeit iconisms.
Cudworth.

Iconize
(I"con*ize) v. t. [Gr. e'ikoni`zein.] To form an image or likeness of. [R.] Cudworth.

Iconoclasm
(I*con"o*clasm) n. [Cf. F. iconoclasme. See Iconoclast.] The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

Iconoclast
(I*con"o*clast) n. [Gr. e'ikw`n image + to break: cf. F. iconoclaste.]

1. A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.

2. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.

Iconoclastic
(I*con`o*clas"tic) a. Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking. Milman.

Iconodule
(I*con"o*dule I*con"o*du`list) n. e'ikw`n an image + a slave.]—> (Eccl. Hist.) One who serves images; — opposed to an iconoclast. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

Iconographer
(I`co*nog"ra*pher) n. A maker of images. Fairholt.

Iconographic
(I*con`o*graph"ic) a.

1. Of or pertaining to iconography.

2. Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclopædia.

Iconography
(I`co*nog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. a sketch or description; e'ikw`n an image + to describe: cf. F. iconographie.]

1. The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients.

2. The study of representative art in general.


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