Synonyms for icon

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahy-kon

Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪ kɒn

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Définition of icon

Origin : also ikon, 1570s, "image, figure, representation," from Late Latin icon, from Greek eikon "likeness, image, portrait," related to eikenai "be like, look like," of unknown origin. Eastern Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded 1982.

noun image

Example sentences :

Icon well remarks that we are much in the power of our contributors.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 » by Various

She crossed herself, kissed the icon, and handed it to Andrew.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

Well, he took that icon home with him for a few days and what did he do?
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

This was the icon that had been brought from Smolensk and had since accompanied the army.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

The crowd round the icon suddenly parted and pressed against Pierre.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

Every so often she looked up to see the icon of the desert saint staring at her.
Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea

From the shadows along the wall, the icon of Saint Simon stared at her.
Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea

I was ordered to answer it; and opposed the Iconoclast to his Icon.
Extract from : « An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton » by Hiram Corson

In one corner, a lamp burned before an icon in a gold frame.
Extract from : « Peasant Tales of Russia » by V.I. Nemirovitch-Dantchenko

John Bauden, bishop, and author of "Icon Basilike," has a monument.
Extract from : « Cathedral Cities of England » by George Gilbert

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