ambonoclast.
One who wishes to excessively modernize churches, particularly by removing traditional screens.
Meaning & usage
One who wishes to excessively modernize churches, particularly by removing traditional screens.
Where this word comes from
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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