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
There he was anointed with the holy oil of the lamp before the saint's eikon, and bowed long in humble adoration at her feet.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander
An eikon by the chimneypiece can take me to Russia with its great forests of birch and its white, domed churches.
From The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
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
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