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Iconoclasts meaning
plural of iconoclast
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Forward-thinking and performance-minded iconoclasts have been putting V8 engines in motorcycles for more than a century, and their creations are among the most interesting two-wheeled vehicles ever built.
Speak with Sanjar at Stellar Bay, and ask him to agree to a truce with the Iconoclasts.
Whether motivated by religious, moral, or political fervor, or simply by madness, actual iconoclasts do still seek and destroy representations of people, and the significance does not escape writers of fiction.
Within their clan, they are divided between Iconoclasts (usually younger, angrier and more active) and Idealists (usually elder or ancillae and more inclined to explore the theory of making the world a better place).
After a brief reprieve under Empress Irene (797–802), the iconoclasts made a comeback.
Conversely, one who reveres or venerates religious images is called (by iconoclasts) an iconolater; in a Byzantine context, such a person is called an iconodule or iconophile.
He took his cue from iconoclasts who he claims knew that images of God demonstrated that God did not exist.
In 1524, iconoclasts targeted a statue of the Virgin Mary in the Cathedral to make a statement against religious icons.
People who engage in or support iconoclasm are called iconoclasts, a term that has come to be applied figuratively to any individual who challenges "cherished beliefs or venerated institutions on the grounds that they are erroneous or pernicious".
The iconoclasts probably destroyed some of Holbein's religious artwork, but details are unknown.