Definitions
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
Word origin
From Latin īcōn, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.
Used in a sentence
“Last week the Archdiocese sent emmissaries to investigate the icon and decided that the tears were not a hoax, Father Koufos said.”
“That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.”
“Barbie is viewed as an icon of American culture in her new biography, Barbie: Her Life and Times (Crown, $25), written by Billy Boy, a clothing and jewelry designer in Paris.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Symbolic image”4 letters
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