onomatoclast
onomatoclast noun: an opponent of onomatodoxy.
Noun
onomatoclast (plural onomatoclasts)
- An opponent of onomatodoxy.
- […] they at first were unable to present to the onomatoclasts the teaching concerning the divinity of the Name of God that they knew through their experience of prayer, but were not always able to articulate in words.2001, Tatiana Senina, “The Divine Name Controversy”, in History, Bible, Science, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021
- According to the self-proclaimed apologists of imjaslavie the onomatoclasts, in rejecting the divinity of the revealed names and God's undivided presence therein, sided with Palamas's opponent Barlaam of Calabria, who had denied the full divinity of God's energies and their inseparability from His...2014, Lara Sels, “Gregory of Nyssa's Contra Eunomium and Onomatodoxy in Russian Theology”, in Gregory of Nyssa, Contra Eunomium III: An English Translation with Commentary and Supporting Studies...
Forms of onomatoclast
| plural | onomatoclasts |
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Origin of onomatoclast
From onomato- (back-formation from onomatodoxy) + -clast, by analogy with iconoclast, from Byzantine Greek κλάω (kláō, “to break”).
Questions about onomatoclast
- What does onomatoclast mean?
- Onomatoclast means an opponent of onomatodoxy.
- What part of speech is onomatoclast?
- Onomatoclast is a noun.
- What is the plural of onomatoclast?
- The plural of onomatoclast is onomatoclasts.
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