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A person who supports the veneration of religious icons; an iconophile or iconodulist
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Iconodule — I*con o*dule, Iconodulist I*con o*du list, n. [Gr. e ikw n an image + ? a slave.] (Eccl. Hist.) One who serves images; opposed to an {iconoclast}. Schaff Herzog Encyc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Iconodule — An iconodule (Greek eikono doulos One who serves images ; also Iconodulist or Iconophile) is someone who espouses iconodulism, i.e. who supports or is in favor of religious images or icons and their veneration, and is in opposition to an… … Wikipedia
Iconodule — Iconodulie L iconodulie ou iconodoulie, du grec εικών / eikôn image et δουλεία / douleia service, est un courant de pensée qui est en faveur des images religieuses ou icônes et de leur vénération, en opposition au courant iconoclaste. Le terme… … Wikipédia en Français
iconodule — icon·o·dule … English syllables
iconodule — īˈkänəˌd(y)ül noun ( s) Etymology: icon + Greek doulos slave : one who venerates icons and defends their devotional use … Useful english dictionary
Iconodulist — Iconodule I*con o*dule, Iconodulist I*con o*du list, n. [Gr. e ikw n an image + ? a slave.] (Eccl. Hist.) One who serves images; opposed to an {iconoclast}. Schaff Herzog Encyc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stephen the Younger — Iconodule (q.v.) saint martyred in 764 during the reign of Constantine V (q.v.). Stephen was a leader of monastic opposition to the emperor s Iconoclastic (qq.v.) policy, and his refusal to accept the decrees of the synod of Hiera (754)… … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… … Universalium
Iconoclasm (Byzantine) — Iconoclasm, Greek for image breaking , is the deliberate destruction within a culture of the culture s own religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. It is a frequent component of major domestic… … Wikipedia
Theodore the Studite — Infobox Saint name=Theodore the Studite birth date=759 death date=826 feast day=11 November venerated in=Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Roman Catholic Church imagesize=200px caption=St. Theodore of Studion: 11th century… … Wikipedia
