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]