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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Troitski had an ikon, a painted image of the Blessed Virgin whose tears, copiously shed, performed miracles.

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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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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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I shall always be pleased to see you in memory of those few moments we spent before the village ikon.

From The Intriguers by Le Queux, William