deesis

 [dee-ee-sis]  

de·e·sis

   [dee-ee-sis]
noun, plural de·e·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:
< Greek déēsis entreaty, equivalent to deē-, variant stem of déesthai to beg + -sis -sis
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