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deesis

[ dee-ee-sis ]

noun

, plural de·e·ses [dee-, ee, -seez].
  1. a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deesis1

< Greek déēsis entreaty, equivalent to deē-, variant stem of déesthai to beg + -sis -sis

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