Deesis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deesis \De*e"sis\ (d[-e]*[=e]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`hsis
     supplication.] (Rhet.)
     An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.
     [1913 Webster]