ICONOSTASIS

[ico.nos.ta.sis] n, pl -ta.ses [modif. of MGk eikonostasion, fr. LGk, shrine, fr. Gk eikono- + -stasion (fr. histanai to stand)--more at stand] (1833): a screen or partition with doors and tiers of icons that separates the bema from the nave in Eastern churches