The icon serves as a tangible link between the worshiper and God.
Even today, people in the area were trying to buy the now hard-to-come-by pieces - the community's most tangible link to the men.
It is a simple exercise, but one which offers a tangible link with the past.
Actually handling an old object can provide a tangible link with the past.
It was the first tangible link between the two cases.
I have never been very certain as to the value of tangible links with the past.
"Today's landmarking is not just about providing a tangible link to one of the worst events in our history," the mayor said.
You are the people who make our work possible and I try to forge more tangible links between us.
They could be seen as a bridge forming an almost tangible link between the 'two worlds' of spirit and matter.
Washington Park itself represents a tangible link with the city's lost past, even if there is no public marker.