eikon
Americannoun
noun
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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
It is seen at present in the worship of the eikon or saint's image.
From The Story of Russia by R. Van Bergen
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 Alexander Van Millingen
In her room she had a big eikon with a silver mount.
From Reminiscences of Tolstoy by George Calderon
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