ikon

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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

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

The Rogers Group had a ritual position in the U. S. home as un varying as the ikon opposite the door of pre-War Russia.

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.

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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