01 n. An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
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An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.“Netherlands whose names and icons are published.” — Hakewill.
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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.(Gr. Ch.)
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a symbol, especially a symbol whose form suggests its meaning or the object it represents.
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a graphical symbol for a data object whose form suggests the nature or function of the object; especially, such a symbol as viewed on the computer screen.(Computers)
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any object of uncritical devotion.“The former congresswoman and Vice-Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro is still an icon to many party members.” — The New York Times, April 16, 1998
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an outstanding example of something which has come to represent the class of things to which it belongs; a paragon; used of persons as well as objects.