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单词 iconostasis
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iconostasis in British English

(ˌaɪkəʊˈnɒstəsɪs) or iconostas (aɪˈkɒnəˌstæs)
nounWord forms: plural iconostases (ˌaɪkəʊˈnɒstəˌsiːz, aɪˈkɒnəˌstæsɪz)
Eastern Churches
a screen with doors and icons set in tiers, which separates the bema (sanctuary) from the nave
Word origin
C19: Church Latin, from Late Greek eikonostasion shrine, literally: area where images are placed, from icono- + histanai to stand

iconostasis in American English

(ˌaɪkəˈnɑstəsɪs)
nounWord forms: plural ˌicoˈnostaˌses (ˌaɪkəˈnɑstəˌsiz) Eastern ChristianChurch
a partition or screen, decorated with icons, separating the sanctuary from the rest of the church
: also iˈconoˌstas (aɪˈkɑnəˌstæs)
Word origin
ModGr(Ec) eikonostasis < Gr eikōn, an image + stasis, a standing < histanai, to stand

Examples of 'iconostasis' in a sentence
iconostasis

the stone flags to where the iconostasis had once stood, separating sanctuary from nave.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
In particular they had stripped the church of an elaborate iconostasis.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
He believed the iconostasis now reposed in a museum in Moscow, if it hadn't been chopped up for firewood before getting that far.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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