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iconostases

iconostases is the plural of iconostasis.

Meaning of iconostasis

Noun

iconostasis (plural iconostases or iconostaseis)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church.
    • The golden glitter on the crimson background of the iconostasis, the gilt ornaments of the icons, the silver of the chandeliers and candlesticks, the flagstones of the floor, the mats, the banners above the choir, the steps of the ambo, the ancient books black with age, the cassocks and surplices...1918 [1878], chapter 3, in Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., Anna Karenina, Cambridge: Oxford University Press, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, →OCLC, part 5, page 12

Questions about iconostases

What is iconostases the plural of?
Iconostases is the plural of iconostasis.

Words near iconostases in the dictionary

  1. iconoplasts
  2. iconoscope
  3. iconoscopes
  4. iconostas
  5. iconostaseis
  6. iconostases
  7. iconostasia
  8. iconostasion
  9. iconostasis
  10. iconotext
  11. iconotexts

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