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de⋅e⋅sis

[dee-ee-sis]
–noun, plural -ses [-seez] .
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.

Origin:
< Gk déēsis entreaty, equiv. to deē-, var. s. of déesthai to beg + -sis -sis
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