iconostas
- a variation of iconostasis.
Example Sentences
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At the back, the iconostas looms up in the twilight shot through with rays like a golden and jewelled wall between the faithful and the priests of the sanctuary.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
The iconostas is in all cases decorated with a large number of holy pictures or icons, arranged in formal rows one above the other.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
In the dim distance, seemingly a wall of gold, is the iconostas, the solid screen which in every church divides the sanctuary from the rest of the sacred edifice.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
