ikon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Rogers Group had a ritual position in the U. S. home as un varying as the ikon opposite the door of pre-War Russia.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was brought to the window, lighted like an ikon.
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."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
That ikon was now jarringly displaced by this insistent presence, and she could not satisfy herself yet as to whether the change pleased or displeased her.
From The Crux by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
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