acheiropoieton
Meanings
noun
- A religion icon (chiefly of Christ or the Virgin Mary) believed not to have been created by human hands; a miraculous image.
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Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ἀχειροποίητον (akheiropoíēton), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, the alpha privative”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ποιεῖν (poieîn, “to make”).
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