[f. BIBLIO- + Gr. -κλασμος breaking] Destruction of books, or of the Bible. Biblioclast [Gr. -κλάστης breaker], a destroyer of books, or of the Bible. (Little more than nonce-words.)
1864. T. Griffith, Plea Scripture, 8. The Biblioclasm of the ‘higher criticism.’
1884. Athenæum, 7 June, 724. Made bonfires of the Maya and Aztec manuscripts…. May these bishops expiate their crimes in the purgatory of biblioclasts!
