aniconic worship
Source: wiktionary
Aniconic
//anʌɪˈkɒnɪk//
Synonyms for "aniconic"
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3 translations across 2 languages.
German
1 entries- anikonisch adj (not having or involving icons)
Portuguese
2 entries- anicónico adj (not having or involving icons)
- anicônico adj (not having or involving icons)
Sample sentences
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While Father Kronos and the world he ruled, confident that the new anthropomorphism was destroyed, clung to the stone child, the aniconic pillar worship that expressed itself in the Bethels of the Semites and the Pillar Rooms at Knossos.
Source: wiktionary
With the notable exceptions of the painted ceilings in the Hall of the Kings and the sculpted lions that guard the fountain in the courtyard, the Alhambra is a strikingly aniconic building.
Source: wiktionary
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