iconostasis
noun
ico·nos·ta·sis ˌī-kə-ˈnä-stə-səs 
(ˌ)ī-ˈkä-nə-ˌstä-səs
(ˌ)ī-ˈkä-nə-ˌstä-səs plural iconostases ˌī-kə-ˈnä-stə-ˌsēz
(ˌ)ī-ˈkä-nə-ˌstä-
: a screen or partition with doors and tiers of icons that separates the bema from the nave in Eastern churches
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. 
Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 Originally, the iconostasis hung inside a wooden church at the Manyava Orthodox Monastery in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, in what was then Polish Galicia. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 See More
Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 Originally, the iconostasis hung inside a wooden church at the Manyava Orthodox Monastery in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, in what was then Polish Galicia. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 A few meters away, a group walked down the majestic main staircase carrying a giant piece of sacred art, the 18th century Bohorodchany iconostasis. Bernat Armangué, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
modification of Middle Greek eikonostasion, from Late Greek, shrine, from Greek eikono- + -stasion (from histanai to stand) — more at stand
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above