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.
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.