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aniconic, a. Gr. Antiq.|ænaɪˈkɒnɪk|
Also anik-.
[f. an- 10 + iconic a.]
Applied to simple material symbols of a deity, as a pillar or block, not shaped into an image of human form; also to the worship connected with these. Hence aniconism |æˈnaɪkənɪz(ə)m|, the use of, or worship connected with, such symbols.
1892C. Waldstein Excav. Heraion Argos i. 19 Clement of Alexandria..tells us that the aniconic σανίς was superseded by the iconic image, which he calls βρέτας. 1893Anthenæum 1 July 38/2 The various stages of development of her [sc. Hera's] agalmata: the rudest of all, the anikonic... A..pillar which may have been the actual anikonic image of the goddess. 1907Academy 24 Aug. 818/1 Aniconism does not necessarily imply..anthropomorphism. 1912L. R. Farnell Higher Aspects Gr. Relig. i. 4 Certain aniconic sacred things that we may call fetishes—the hewn stock or pillar, the meteorite, the axe. 1956I. A. Richmond in R. L. S. Bruce-Mitford Rec. Archæol. Excav. in Brit. 67 As often in religions which have sprung from Asia, there are iconic and aniconic traditions... The Zend-Avesta is a production of the second. |