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sudarium

[ soo-dair-ee-uhm ]

noun

, plural su·dar·i·a [soo-, dair, -ee-, uh].
  1. (in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
  2. (sometimes initial capital letter) veronica 1( def 3 ).


sudarium

/ sjʊˈdɛərɪəm /

noun

  1. another word for sudatorium veronica 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sudarium1

1595–1605; < Latin sūdārium, equivalent to sūd ( āre ) to sweat + -ārium -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sudarium1

C17: from Latin, from sūdāre to sweat
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Example Sentences

Veronica, holding the napkin or "sudarium," "flourishing a marble pocket-handkerchief."

I give his own words in alluding to the Sudarium, that napkin sent to king Abgarus, on which Jesus impressed the image of his own face: “And it hath been by like miracle in the thin corruptible cloth kept and preserved these 1500 years fresh and well preserved, to the inward comforts, spiritual rejoicing, and great increase of fervour in the hearts of good Christian people.”

Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes.

But let us return to our immediate subject—the holy sudarium of Turin.

They afterwards obtained from the king, Charles VI., an authorization to worship the holy sudarium in the church of Liré.

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