ikon
Example Sentences
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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
It was brought to the window, lighted like an ikon.
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
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
These babies have pressed their mouths to the sacred ikon the same as the older folk, and, doubtless, some gracious kindly angel will guard them ever hereafter.
From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey
