i´co|nog´ra|pher

i´co|nog´ra|pher
i|co|nog|ra|phy «Y kuh NOG ruh fee», noun, plural -phies.
1. the illustration of a subject by means of drawings or figures.
2. a book or work in which this is done.
3. the art of representing persons ideas, or objects by pictures, images, or the like: »

In Christian iconography, the dove represents the Holy Ghost (New Yorker).

[< Medieval Latin ikonographia < Greek eikonographíā sketch, description < eik image + gráphein draw, describe]
i´co|nog´ra|pher, noun.

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