An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
A small picture that represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also symbol and index.
An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
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.
a symbol, especially a symbol whose form suggests its meaning or the object it represents.
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.
any object of uncritical devotion.
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.
An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
A small picture that represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also symbol and index.
An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
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.
a symbol, especially a symbol whose form suggests its meaning or the object it represents.
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.
any object of uncritical devotion.
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.