Aniconic
not employing or permitting images, idols, etc.:
an aniconic religion.
not forming an image.
of or relating to aniconism.
historical examples
this is not necessarily the case with the worshipper of aniconic or unshaped gods.
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the question arises: must the stage of aniconic gods historically precede and lead up to that of pictures and images?
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here then in the most marked manner the aniconic sacrament has ousted pictures and statues.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 14, slice 3 various
adjective
(of images of deities, symbols, etc) not portrayed in a human or animal form
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