aniconic
not employing or permitting images, idols, etc.: an aniconic religion.
not forming an image.
of or relating to aniconism.
Origin of aniconic
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How to use aniconic in a sentence
This is not necessarily the case with the worshipper of aniconic or unshaped gods.
Here then in the most marked manner the aniconic sacrament has ousted pictures and statues.
The question arises: must the stage of aniconic gods historically precede and lead up to that of pictures and images?
British Dictionary definitions for aniconic
/ (ˌænaɪˈkɒnɪk) /
(of images of deities, symbols, etc) not portrayed in a human or animal form
Origin of aniconic
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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