Aniconist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A proponent of aniconism.
"As can be legitimately surmised the aniconists must have rejected those texts which to them appeared to support Iconolatory, but from the point of view of the evolution of Jaina thought the texts rejected by them deserve as serious notice as those accepted by them."
- 1 Pertaining to aniconism.
"Islam was as fanatically monotheist and aniconist as any Jew could desire, and the sensational successes of its devotees in the military — and soon also in the missionary — field gave Christendom something new to think about."
Example
More examples"As can be legitimately surmised the aniconists must have rejected those texts which to them appeared to support Iconolatory, but from the point of view of the evolution of Jaina thought the texts rejected by them deserve as serious notice as those accepted by them."
Etymology
From an- + icon + -ist.
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