image-breaker

He was an Isaurian named Leo III, a capable general and an impressive ruler but an iconoclast, that is, an image-breaker who opposed the representation of human forms, the saints or the deity in churches 20.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

In that case our friend the image-breaker has begun operations in another quarter of London.

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons 1990

In that case our friend, the image-breaker, has begun operations in another quarter of London.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

Such was his simplicity of speech and manner, such his transparent sincerity, that it was next to impossible to quarrel with the gentle image-breaker.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Holmes, Oliver W 1891

I never heard of but one image-breaker in Martinique; and his act was the result of superstition, not of any hostility to popular faith or custom: it was prompted by the same childish feeling which moves Italian fishermen sometimes to curse St. Antony or to give his image a ducking in bad weather.

Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Such was his simplicity of speech and manner, such his transparent sincerity, that it was next to impossible to quarrel with the gentle image-breaker.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

I do not know how the remarks of the image-breaker may strike others, but

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

I do not know how the remarks of the image-breaker may strike others, but I feel that they put me on my defence with regard to much of my teaching.

Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851