slovo | definícia |
iconoclast (encz) | iconoclast,ikonoklast n: Zdeněk Brož |
iconoclast (encz) | iconoclast,obrazoborec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Iconoclast (gcide) | 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.
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2. One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who
attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
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iconoclast (wn) | iconoclast
n 1: a destroyer of images used in religious worship [syn:
iconoclast, image breaker]
2: someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional
institutions |
iconoclast (devil) | ICONOCLAST, n. A breaker of idols, the worshipers whereof are
imperfectly gratified by the performance, and most strenuously protest
that he unbuildeth but doth not reedify, that he pulleth down but
pileth not up. For the poor things would have other idols in place of
those he thwacketh upon the mazzard and dispelleth. But the
iconoclast saith: "Ye shall have none at all, for ye need them not;
and if the rebuilder fooleth round hereabout, behold I will depress
the head of him and sit thereon till he squawk it."
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
iconoclast (encz) | iconoclast,ikonoklast n: Zdeněk Brožiconoclast,obrazoborec n: Zdeněk Brož |
iconoclastic (encz) | iconoclastic,ikonoklastický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Iconoclastic (gcide) | Iconoclastic \I*con`o*clas"tic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking.
--Milman. Iconodule |
iconoclast (wn) | iconoclast
n 1: a destroyer of images used in religious worship [syn:
iconoclast, image breaker]
2: someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional
institutions |
iconoclastic (wn) | iconoclastic
adj 1: characterized by attack on established beliefs or
institutions
2: destructive of images used in religious worship; said of
religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of
living things is prohibited |
iconoclast (devil) | ICONOCLAST, n. A breaker of idols, the worshipers whereof are
imperfectly gratified by the performance, and most strenuously protest
that he unbuildeth but doth not reedify, that he pulleth down but
pileth not up. For the poor things would have other idols in place of
those he thwacketh upon the mazzard and dispelleth. But the
iconoclast saith: "Ye shall have none at all, for ye need them not;
and if the rebuilder fooleth round hereabout, behold I will depress
the head of him and sit thereon till he squawk it."
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