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xoanon

[ zoh-uh-non ]
/ ˈzoʊ əˌnɒn /

noun, 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.

Origin of xoanon

1700–10; <Greek xóanon carved image; akin to xeîn to scrape, carve

Words nearby xoanon

Xmas, XML, Xn., Xnty., XO, xoanon, Xochimilco, xocolatophobia, Xolair, XOR, Xosa
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Example sentences from the Web for xoanon

  • The image borne in procession was clearly the xoanon which was brought by Pegasus from Eleutherae.

    The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various

  • Other rich furniture is described, and a mode of divination by movements of a xoanon of Apollo.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4|Various

  • Furthermore, position was determined by reference to the xoanon.

    Problems in Periclean Buildings|G. W. Elderkin

British Dictionary definitions for xoanon

xoanon
/ (ˈzəʊəˌnɒn) /

noun plural -na (-nə)

a primitive image of a god, carved, esp originally, in wood, and supposed to have fallen from heaven

Word Origin for xoanon

C18: from Greek, from xuō to scrape, smooth
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