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xoanon

(ˈzəʊəˌnɒn)
n, pl -na (-nə)
(Other Non-Christian Religions) a primitive image of a god, carved, esp originally, in wood, and supposed to have fallen from heaven
[C18: from Greek, from xuō to scrape, smooth]
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