Define Icon

a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches.

synonyms:

image, idol, portrait, picture, representation, likeness, symbol, sign; More figure, statue “an icon of the Blessed Virgin”

a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something.

“this iron-jawed icon of American manhood”

synonyms:

idol, paragon, hero, heroine; More