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ICONOLATRAE

Volume 9 · 53 words · 1797 Edition

or ICONOLATERS (from εἰκόνα and λατρεύω "I worship") or ICONOBLITI (from εἰκόνα and ἀπολέσω "I serve"); those who worship images; a name which the iconoclasts give to those of the Roman communion, on account of their adoring images, and of rendering to them the worship only due to God. See ICONOCLASTS and IMAGE.