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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2007-12-18 07:49 am

xoanon

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.

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