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In Byzantine art, and later Eastern Orthodox art generally, the Deësis or Deisis (δέησις, `prayer` or `supplication`), is a traditional iconic representation of Christ in Majesty or Christ Pantocrator: enthroned, carrying a book, and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, and sometimes other saints and angels. Mary and Joh...
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• (n.) An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.
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De·e'sis (de*ē'sĭs)
noun [ New Latin , from Greek
de`hsis supplication.]
(Rhet.) An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.
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a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
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