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xoanon

/zoh-uh-non/US // ˈzoʊ əˌnɒn //UK // (ˈzəʊəˌnɒn) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.