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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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

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 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

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 the diaconicon are represented by chapels to north and south of the apse.

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