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i⋅co⋅nos⋅ta⋅sis

   [ahy-kuh-nos-tuh-sis]
–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] . Eastern Church.
a partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.
Also, i⋅con⋅o⋅stas  [ahy-kon-uh-stas] .

Origin:
1825–35; < MGk; see icono-, stasis
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i·co·nos·ta·sis     (ī'kə-nŏs'tə-sĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. i·co·nos·ta·ses (-sēz')
The screen decorated with icons that divides the sanctuary from the nave of an Eastern Orthodox church.

[From Medieval Greek eikonostasion, shrine : eikono-, icono- + Greek stasis, a standing; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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