"icon"

[W Brewer]

DG:  <<<In my religion we revere our icons, and I would only use icon to
refer to
someone revered within his or her field of endeavor.>>
WB:  <<In my religion we revere our [X-pl], and I would only use [X-sg] to
refer to
someone revered within his or her field of endeavor.>>
X = {icon, martyr, saint, hero, elite athlete . . .}

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