xoanon

Dec. 18th, 2007 07:49 am
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xoanon - n., an ancient Greek cult image of simply carved wood.


Or even barely carved. Wikipedia has a good potted summary, in this case. From Greek ξόανον, carved image, from ξέειν, to scrape, carve.

---L.

Date: 2007-12-18 04:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janni.livejournal.com
That would make a most excellent Scrabble word.

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