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Synonyms for icons

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahy-kon
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪ kɒn

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Définition of icons

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 :
  • He lay just under the icons; his large thick hands outside the quilt.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • Then she shook her head and glanced up at the icons with a sigh.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • The small lamp in front of the icons was the only light left in the room.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • He was 460 not like the Winged Precursor familiar to the painter of icons; but his charm was irresistible.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci » by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
  • This resembles the Greek iconostasis, the screen on which the “icons” or sacred pictures are placed.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 » by Various
  • The icons were executed by Moses Harris, in his best style; and are far superior to any of their predecessors in Britain.
  • Extract from : « Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1 » by Dru Drury
  • Our Simpleton went quietly back home, stretched himself under the icons, and his snoring was heard far around.
  • Extract from : « Folk Tales from the Russian » by Various
  • Every one who enters the house at once bows and utters a prayer before the icons before he does anything else.
  • Extract from : « Folk Tales from the Russian » by Various
  • Icons or hieroglyphics can convey the instructions just as well, even better, than literacy can.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • The priest received us in his study, which, besides the Icons and a Samovar had no ornaments.
  • Extract from : « Introducing the American Spirit » by Edward A. Steiner

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