xoanon

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xoanon [ˈzəʊəˌnɒn]

n pl -na [-nə]

(Non-Christian Religions / Other Non-Christian Religions) a primitive image of a god, carved, esp originally, in wood, and supposed to have fallen from heaven

[from Greek, from xuō to scrape, smooth]

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