Icon Basilike
Preserved but no longer current.
See EIKON BASUJGKE. Iconoclasts (Gr., "image breakers"). Re- formers who rose in the Eastern Church in the 8tia century, and were specially opposed to the employment of pictures, statues, emblems, and ail visible representations of sacred objects.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Icon Basilike” mean?
See EIKON BASUJGKE. Iconoclasts (Gr., "image breakers"). Re- formers who rose in the Eastern Church in the 8tia century, and were specially opposed to the employment of pictures, statues, emblems, and ail visible representations of sacred objects.
Is “Icon Basilike” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.