diaconicon

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[dahy-uh-kon-i-kon, -kuhn] / ˌdaɪ əˈkɒn ɪˌkɒn, -kən /

noun

diaconica plural

1. a sacristy in an Eastern or early Christian church, usually on the south side of the bema.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• diaconica
  plural

Etymology

Origin of diaconicon

1720–30; < Late Greek diākonikón (> Late Latin diāconicum ), neuter of diākonikós of a deacon; see -ic

Example Sentences

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diaconicon

The eastern dome arch is prolonged into a barrel-vaulted bema, flanked by shallow niches leading to the prothesis and diaconicon, and beyond the bema is the semicircular apse.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

In the churches in central Syria of slightly earlier date, the diaconicon is rectangular, the side apses at Kalat-Seman having been added at a later date.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

Although there is proof that the prothesis and the diaconicon were in use at a very early period, yet many churches of the great period, as for example S. John of the Studion, SS.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

It has neither prothesis nor diaconicon of its own, but communicates with the original diaconicon of the main church.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

The prothesis and diaconicon have barrel vaults and apses with three sides projecting slightly on the exterior.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander