Aniconism
opposition to the use of idols or images.
the worship of objects symbolic of but not depicting a deity.
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- Any
one, a, an, or some; one or more without specification or identification: If you have any witnesses, produce them. Pick out any six you like. whatever or whichever it may be: cheap at any price. in whatever quantity or number, great or small; some: Do you have any butter? every; all: Any schoolboy would know […]
- Anigh
near; close to. nearby; close by. Historical Examples Ere for the knight his helmet / they undid again, From his head they drew the spear-point; / to death he was anigh. The Nibelungenlied Unknown But how could the beetle-powder have got anigh the children out of my pocket, sir? Johnny Ludlow, Second Series Mrs. Henry […]
- Anik
one of a series of Canadian geosynchronous communications satellites that provide telephone and television transmissions.
- Anil
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo. indigo; deep blue. Contemporary Examples And there was in fact somebody who fainted—anil Kumar, a former McKinsey & Co. executive vice president. Charles Gasparino Details Insider-Trading Investigations in New Book, ‘Circle of Friends’ William O’Connor […]