iconogˈraphy noun

1. (Gr graphiā a writing) the study of the subjects depicted in paintings, etc
2. Pictorial representation of subjects
3. The symbols used in paintings, etc and their conventional significance
4. A description, catalogue or collective representation of portraits

iconolˈater noun

An image-worshipper

iconolˈatry noun

(Gr latreiā worship) image-worship

iconologˈical adjective

iconolˈogist noun

iconolˈogy noun

1. The study of icons
2. Icons collectively
3. The study of artistic symbolism

iconomachist /-omˈə-kist/ noun

A person who contends against the use of icons in worship

iconomˈachy noun

(Gr machē fight) opposition to image-worship

iconomatˈic adjective

Using pictures of objects to represent not the things themselves but the sounds of their names, as in a transitional stage of writing between pictorial representation and a phonetic system

iconomatˈicism /-i-sizm/ noun

iconomˈeter noun

1. An instrument for inferring distance from size or size from distance of an object, by measuring its image
2. A direct photographic viewfinder

iconomˈetry noun

iconophˈilism noun

A taste for pictures, etc

iconophˈilist noun

A connoisseur of pictures, etc

iconˈoscope noun

An early form of electron camera

iconosˈtasis or iconˈostas noun (pl iconosˈtases /-ēz/)

(Gr eikonostasis, from stasis placing) in Eastern churches, a screen separating the sanctuary from the nave, on which the icons are placed

iconic memory noun

The persistence of a sense impression after the disappearance of the stimulus