ikon
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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
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
It was brought to the window, lighted like an ikon.
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I fell on my knees before the ikon and wept for him before the Holy Mother of God, our swift defender and helper.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
