ikon
Example Sentences
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For as long as an ikon hung in the corner of a Russian izba, Patriarch Sergei would always be right.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they found it by an ikon and paper flowers, she vainly implored them to leave its contents behind.
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
His body eaten by acid, Codreanu was identified by the three crosses he had worn around his neck, a wedding ring and a small ikon.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his hands was put an ikon of the Saviour.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
