xoanon
/zoh-uh-non/US // ˈzoʊ əˌnɒn //UK // (ˈzəʊəˌnɒn) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural xo·a·na [zoh-uh-nuh]. /ˈzoʊ ə nə/. Greek Antiquity.
- : a simple, carved image, especially one in which the original block of stone or wood is readily apparent.
Examples
Furthermore, position was determined by reference to the xoanon.
The image borne in procession was clearly the xoanon which was brought by Pegasus from Eleutherae.
Between them stood a gilt xoanon, which seems to have been carried outside in sacred processions.
Other rich furniture is described, and a mode of divination by movements of a xoanon of Apollo.
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