The Clue
Likeness (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ICON
Tags
Notes
The answer ICON is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
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Religious image
Religious replication
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Definition
ICON as a noun:
1. (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
2. (picture, image, icon, ikon) = 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"
3. (icon, ikon) = a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church