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| i·co·nos·ta·sis [ kə nóstəssiss ] (plural i·co·nos·ta·ses [ kə nóstə sz ]) or i·co·nos·tas [ ī kónnə stàss ] (plural i·co·nos·ta·ses [ ī kónnə stàsseez ]) |
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altar screen decorated with icons: a screen on which icons are mounted, used in Eastern Orthodox churches to separate the area around the altar from the main part of the church
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Greek eikonostasis "place where images stand"] |
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