riza
/ˈriːzə/Orthodox Church
noun
A protective overlay (usually of metal) on a sacred icon, with openings revealing only important features such as the face and hands, but with engraved, embossed, or embroidered outlines of the complete picture.
Origin
1920s. From Russian riza overlay of an icon, chasuble, cognate with Old Church Slavonic riza ‘linen cloth’, ‘garment’, ‘cloak’, ‘shroud’ and similar forms in several other Slavonic languages. Further etymology uncertain.
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