Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One who serves images; -- opposed to an
iconoclast .
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- noun A person who supports the veneration of religious
icons ; aniconophile oriconodulist
Etymologies
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Examples
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Irene revoked the edict against images, appointed an iconodule named Tarasius as Patriarch of Constantinople, and with the help of Tarasius and Pope Hadrian I, summoned a Council at Nicaea in 787.
Homily for the Feast of St John Damascene Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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Two iconodule regents, Empress Irene (left) and Empress Theodora (right).
Archive 2006-12-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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Two iconodule regents, Empress Irene (left) and Empress Theodora (right).
Homily for the Feast of St John Damascene Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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Irene revoked the edict against images, appointed an iconodule named Tarasius as Patriarch of Constantinople, and with the help of Tarasius and Pope Hadrian I, summoned a Council at Nicaea in 787.
Archive 2006-12-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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Although the [[Second Council of Nicaea]] ruled in favor of [[iconodule]]
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Although the [[Second Council of Nicaea]] ruled in favor of [[iconodule]]
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Although the [[Second Council of Nicaea]] ruled in favor of [[iconodule]]
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Although the [[Second Council of Nicaea]] ruled in favor of [[iconodule]]
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