diaconicon
Americannoun
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diaconica
plural
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Etymology
Origin of diaconicon
1720–30; < Late Greek diākonikón (> Late Latin diāconicum ), neuter of diākonikós of a deacon; see -ic
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The spaces thus marked off were probably prothesis and diaconicon, the latter being to the left, where the two deacons gave the pavement.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
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 Alexander Van Millingen
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 Alexander Van Millingen
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 Alexander Van Millingen
The position of the prothesis and diaconicon in particular is identical in the two churches.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
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