Definition of "ikon" [ikon]

• Variant of icon. (noun)

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• "For those of you looking confused and drug-addled, the word ikon is Greek, and means ‘image.’"
• "I picked it up: it was some kind of ikon he'd been fussing with, that's all very well and you can carry a rabbit's foot with you but don't forget it didn't do the rabbit any good."
• "And so we returned to the brightly lit apartment, where the guests had assembled, and here, with a solemnity befitting the occasion, they turned toward the sacred "ikon," and knelt and prayed for our safety and success."