diaconate2 (diakonat)

[F. diaconat = Sp. Pg. It. diaconato, diaconica (di-a-kon'i-kä), n. pl. [ diaconicon, diaconicum (di-a-kon'i-kon, -kum), n.; pl. diaconica (-kä). [ It communicates by a door with the bema, and generally has an outside door besides. Sometimes it is placed in a different part of the church; or there may be two. It is used to contain vestments, sacred ve els, etc., and thus corresponds to the sacristy of a Western church. Other names for it are metatorium and sceuophylacium. The diaconicon and prothesis are found in early times comprehended under the common name of pas top hori a. See cut under bema. On the opposite side of the bema was the diaconicon or sacristy. J. M. Neale , Eastern Church, i. 191. diacope (di-ak'ō-pē), n. [LL., διά , asunder, + κόπτειν , cut.] 1. In gram ., same as tmesis .-2. [ cap .] [NL.] A genus of percoid fishes having the operculum notched and tuberculate. There are several large and beautiful species in the Indian seas, some of them upward of 3 feet long. Cuvier , 1817. 3. [ cap.] [NL.] A genus of lepidopterous insects. Hübner, 1816.-4. In surg., a deep wound, particularly of the skull and its integuments; an incision, a fi ure, or a longitudinal fracture. [Rare.] diacoustic (di-a-kös'tik or -kous'tik), a. [ diacoustics (di-a-kös tiks or -kous'tiks), n. [Pl. of diacoustic: see -ics.] ics.] The science or doctrine of refracted sounds; the consideration of the properties of sound refracted by pa ing through media of different density. Also called diaphonics.