The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδέησις“entreaty, petition, want”
- English todaydeesis
From Ancient Greek δέησις (déēsis, “entreaty, petition, want”), from δέω (déō, “lack, miss”), δέομαι (déomai, “beg”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
deesis
Today it means: A call to witness. Full definition →
Ancient Greek δέησις