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Icon
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
(2):
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Icon'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/icon.html. 1828.