Results for iconoclast

Definitions of iconoclast:

part of speech: noun

A breaker of images, one opposed to idol- worship.

part of speech: noun

A breaker or destroyer of images used in worship.

part of speech: noun

An image breaker; one who attacks superstitions or shams.

Usage examples for iconoclast:

• Any of us who dare love the iconoclast would be one if we dared sufficiently, and in this work I surely was an image- breaker, for the old house was more than it seemed. "Old Plymouth Trails", Winthrop Packard

• The inspired gentleman put the problem as a knotty one, and begged the assistance of the clever Iconoclast "Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh", George W. Foote

• The little green door, innocent of lock and key, stood as a symbol of the close ties that bound the rector and his flock together, and woe betide the iconoclast who should venture to tamper with it. "The Splendid Folly", Margaret Pedler

• But the claim of the iconoclast from the times of the Old Testament onwards that he worships a spirit whereas others worship wood and stone is true only of the lowest phases of religion, if even there. "Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) An Historical Sketch", Charles Eliot