eikon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The thing Naoki Yoshida is most excited about in Final Fantasy XVI is the eikon battles.
From The Verge • Jun. 23, 2022
In the West eikon became "icon" and has continued to be used for an image, not necessarily religious.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2016
We were very much afraid of this eikon, because it was very old and black.
From Reminiscences of Tolstoy by Calderon, George
The last writer says the eikon was taken from the monastery of the Hodegon, which was its proper shrine.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
The church became the shrine of the eikon of the Theotokos 227Hodegetria.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
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