iconoclast

iconoclast
noun /aɪˈkɒnəklæst/
a) One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.

2004 TeSelle, Eugene, Iconoclast, World Book Encyclopedia, 2004 edition (CD):

b) One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm.

, In the days of the early Christian church, people who opposed the veneration (reverence) of images were called iconoclasts.


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