Word info

xoanon

Noun

Meaning

xoanon (plural xoana)

(historical) A wooden statue used as a cult image in Ancient Greece.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

However, they cannot remember who made this xoanon or how it caught fire; but when it was destroyed the Phigalians gave no new image to the goddess and largely neglected her festivals and sacrifices, until finally barrenness fell upon the land. Source: Internet

Her xoanon of Phigaleia shows how the local cult interpreted her, as goddess of nature. Source: Internet

She explains Xoanon has been quiet, and he interprets this as success for his extraction experiment. Source: Internet

Xoanon briefly takes control of Leela's mind, as he does of most of the Sevateem. Source: Internet

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