deesis

[ dee-ee-sis ]

noun,plural de·e·ses [dee-ee-seez]. /diˈi siz/.
  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.

Origin of deesis

1
<Greek déēsis entreaty, equivalent to deē-, variant stem of déesthai to beg + -sis-sis

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