diaconicon

diaconicon
/duy'euh kon"i kon', -keuhn/, n., pl. diaconica /-keuh/.
a sacristy in an Eastern or early Christian church, usually on the south side of the bema.
[1720-30; < LGk diakonikón ( > LL diaconicum), neut. of diakonikós of a DEACON; see -IC]

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