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iconolatry

iconolatry Iconolatry is image-worship: giving divine honor to an object treated as a likeness or imitation of a deity.

Iconolatry is image-worship: giving divine honor to an object treated as a likeness or imitation of a deity. It is described as a form of idol-worship, with the risk that the material image comes to overshadow the spiritual being it is meant to represent.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Image-worship (or Iconolatry)” (Image-worship).
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