xoanon
a simple, carved image, especially one in which the original block of stone or wood is readily apparent.
Origin of xoanon
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How to use xoanon in a sentence
Furthermore, position was determined by reference to the xoanon.
Problems in Periclean Buildings | G. W. ElderkinThe image borne in procession was clearly the xoanon which was brought by Pegasus from Eleutherae.
Between them stood a gilt xoanon, which seems to have been carried outside in sacred processions.
Other rich furniture is described, and a mode of divination by movements of a xoanon of Apollo.
British Dictionary definitions for xoanon
/ (ˈzəʊəˌnɒn) /
a primitive image of a god, carved, esp originally, in wood, and supposed to have fallen from heaven
Origin of xoanon
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