diaconicon
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Origin of diaconicon
1720–30; < Late Greek diākonikón (> Late Latin diāconicum ), neuter of diākonikós of a deacon; see -ic
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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
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 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
At the east end of the northern and the southern gallery are chapels covered with domes and placed above the prothesis and the diaconicon.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
Only the diaconicon now remains, covered by a cross-groined vault, and its apse pierced by a door leading to the hall of the Teké.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
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