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 ikon
 聖像;畫像;肖像;插畫;圖

 i·con n. [Also spelled ikon.]
 1. An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
    Netherlands whose names and icons are published.   --Hakewill.
 2. Gr. Ch. A sacred picture representing the Virgin Mary, Christ, a saint, or a martyr, and having the same function as an image of such a person in the Latin Church.  The term is used especially for a highly stylized and conventionalized representation of a holy person, rich in symbolism and used in devotional services in many of the eastern Orthodox churches, especially the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches.
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 ikon
      n 1: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or
           abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the
           pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of
           images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates
           them" [syn: picture, image, icon]
      2: a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden
         panel; venerated in the Eastern Church [syn: icon]