ikon
Americannoun
noun
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During the elaborate ritual in which the bride relinquished her title for the official name of Mrs. Dikran Kuumjian, her gown caught fire from a burning ikon, was quickly extinguished.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lectured Updike: "To criticize Miss Novak because her tone of voice is always the same is as absurd as criticizing a Byzantine ikon because it is static and badly drawn."
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When they found it by an ikon and paper flowers, she vainly implored them to leave its contents behind.
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Troitski had an ikon, a painted image of the Blessed Virgin whose tears, copiously shed, performed miracles.
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Yet, perchance, God and St Michael will be my sureties,” and he pointed at the ikon in the corner.
From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)
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