ikon
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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.
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But the sobor had none of Orthodoxy's historic pomp�not even an ikon to remind the assembled bishops of the glory that once was St. Petersburg.
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For as long as an ikon hung in the corner of a Russian izba, Patriarch Sergei would always be right.
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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.
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Strange superstition ingrained in this Bismarck mind; what ikon do you believe in, as you urge to duty and glory?
From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by Greusel, John Hubert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.