ikon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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They get their stocks mostly from tourists � often in exchange for "ancient" ikons fresh from the ikon factory � but can get almost any item through a smuggling network centered in Odessa.
From Time Magazine Archive
The American delegation said he was not invited, tried to send him home, thawed out grudgingly when the Russians decided to make a "black ikon" of him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Troitski had an ikon, a painted image of the Blessed Virgin whose tears, copiously shed, performed miracles.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was brought to the window, lighted like an ikon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ikon of the Resurrection is painted on a board from a tree in Hebron, was consecrated in Bethlehem, and bears the autograph signature of the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
From The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast by Andrews, Clarence Leroy
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