Why this word is great
ICONODULISM — [Noun] The doctrine or practice of venerating religious icons, distinguishing honor given to a sacred image from worship due to God alone. From iconodule, from Byzantine Greek eikonodoulos ("servant of images"), from eikōn ("image, icon") + doulos ("servant, slave"), combined with the suffix -ism (denoting a practice or doctrine). Unlike "iconolatry" (a term of reproach conflating veneration with idol-worship) or "iconoclasm" (its direct, violent antonym), iconodulism is a theology of careful distinction—honor rendered to the prototype through its representation. It is the votive flame animating a mosaic Christ's eye, the cool press of lips on a triptych's worn corner, and the collective breath held as the icon is carried aloft—a fragile, human bridge of wood and pigment across the chasm to the divine, always aware it is a bridge and not the far shore.