Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek churches, a room, usually on the south side of the bema or sanctuary, answering to the prothesis on the north side.
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Examples
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The two smaller compartments and apses at the sides of the bema were sacristies, the _diaconicon_ and
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The northern apse or chapel became the place of prothesis, and the other remained a sacristy or diaconicon.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The ieron is large, and at either side of it are the well-known arrange - ments for the prothesis on the north and the diaconicon on the south.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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