Words from my Reading

For Bermuda Onion's Wondrous Words Wednesday; a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading throughout the previous week.

This week, I have only two words to share with you, both taken from the pages of "The Venetian Betrayal" by Steve Berry:

sarissa adj. : a 4 to 7 metre (13-21 feet) long pike used in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic warfare.

""The clean-shaven, youthful warrior grasped a sarissa in his left hand topped by a leaf-shaped point,..."" (pg 47)

iconostasis n. : a partition or screen on which icons are placed, seperating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.

""She motioned toward the high altar, beyond an ornate, multicolored room screen that looked suspiciously like an iconostasis." (pg 238)

that's all for me this week, folks... What about YOURS??

What Wondrous Words have you encountered this week??

*All definitions are garnered from The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged Edition, unless otherwise noted.