ambonoclast

发音

/æmˈbɒnəˌklæst/

词形变化

ambonoclasts 复数 ambonoclasts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who wishes to excessively modernize churches, particularly by removing traditional screens.

    贬义

词源

From Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn, “pulpit”) + -o- + -clast. In reference to the rood screen that separated the choir (where priests were) from the nave (where the congregation was) in a medieval church, and from which was sometimes also read.

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