Dictionary of Difficult Words - icon

n. sacred or monumental image, statue, painting, etc.; picture on computer monitor to represent command. iconic, a. iconism, n. worship of images. iconoclasm, n. image-breaking; attacking of established beliefs. iconoclast, n. person practising iconoclasm. iconography, n. representation in art or diagrams; description of representational works of art. iconolatry, n. image-worship. iconology, n. study of icons; symbolism. iconomachy, n. objection to worship of icons. iconomatic, a. pertaining to picture-writing in which characters represent names or phonetic values and not objects. iconometer, n. instrument finding distance or size of object by measuring its image; instrument for finding photographic focus; direct view- finder. iconoplast, n. image-maker. iconoscope, n. part of television camera where light is converted into electric waves. iconostasis, n. screen bearing icons, separating sanctuary from nave in Eastern churches.

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