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xoanon

[ zoh-uh-non ]

noun

, Greek Antiquity.
, plural xo·a·na [zoh, -, uh, -n, uh].
  1. a simple, carved image, especially one in which the original block of stone or wood is readily apparent.


xoanon

/ ˈzəʊəˌnɒn /

noun

  1. a primitive image of a god, carved, esp originally, in wood, and supposed to have fallen from heaven
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of xoanon1

1700–10; < Greek xóanon carved image; akin to xeîn to scrape, carve
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Word History and Origins

Origin of xoanon1

C18: from Greek, from xuō to scrape, smooth
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Example Sentences

Furthermore, position was determined by reference to the xoanon.

The image borne in procession was clearly the xoanon which was brought by Pegasus from Eleutherae.

Between them stood a gilt xoanon, which seems to have been carried outside in sacred processions.

Other rich furniture is described, and a mode of divination by movements of a xoanon of Apollo.

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