ikon

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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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It was brought to the window, lighted like an ikon.

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When they found it by an ikon and paper flowers, she vainly implored them to leave its contents behind.

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Lectured Updike: "To criticize Miss Novak because her tone of voice is always the same is as absurd as criticizing a Byzantine ikon because it is static and badly drawn."

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"Feodora and I will pray before the ikon to the saints morning and night to protect you wherever you may be."

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter