diaconicon

American  

[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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Inflected Forms

noun

• diaconica
  plural

Etymology

Origin of diaconicon

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

Example Sentences

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 Van Millingen, Alexander

The two smaller compartments and apses at the sides of the bema were sacristies, the diaconicon and prothesis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

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

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 Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

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