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ambonoclasts

ambonoclasts is the plural of ambonoclast.

Meaning of ambonoclast

Noun

ambonoclast (plural ambonoclasts)

  1. (derogatory) One who wishes to excessively modernize churches, particularly by removing traditional screens.
    • "The principal characteristics of modern ambonoclasts may be summed up as follows:"1861, A. Welby Pugin, Recollections of A.N. Welby Pugin, and His Father, Augustus Pugin: With Notices of Their Works, page 153

Questions about ambonoclasts

What is ambonoclasts the plural of?
Ambonoclasts is the plural of ambonoclast.

Words near ambonoclasts in the dictionary

  1. Ambonese
  2. Ambonese Malay
  3. ambonite
  4. ambonites
  5. ambonoclast
  6. ambonoclasts
  7. ambons
  8. ambonychiid
  9. ambonychiids
  10. ambophilous
  11. ambophily

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