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/æmˈbɒnəˌklæst/ · noun
(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:"
"ambonoclasts who destroyed so much screenwork during the last century ..."
"Wyatt's policy, too, was to remove screens and to open a building from end to end: he was an ambonoclast. "
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Ambonoclast means (derogatory) One who wishes to excessively modernize churches, particularly by removing traditional screens..
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"The principal characteristics of modern ambonoclasts may be summed up as follows:"
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