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Definition of Iconostases
1. iconostasis [n] - See also: iconostasis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iconostases
Literary usage of Iconostases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1849)
"These secondary iconostases are 40 feet wide each, and above 25 feet high, ...
In fact, this group of three sanctuaries, with their iconostases, altars, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This art was also practised largely by tho Copts of Egypt, and much used by them
to ornament the magnificent iconostases and other screens in their churches ..."
3. A Protestant Dictionary: Containing Articles on the History, Doctrines, and by Charles Henry Hamilton Wright, Charles Neil (1904)
"iconostases is the name given in the Greek and Russian Churches to the partition
or screen which separates "the altar "or "sanctuary" from the part of the ..."
4. Russia as Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1904)
"corners in honour of some saint possess icons and lamps of bronze and silver;
the iconostases of the cathedrals are extremely rich ..."
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