sudarium
Americannoun
PLURAL
sudaria-
(in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
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(sometimes initial capital letter) veronica.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of sudarium
1595–1605; < Latin sūdārium, equivalent to sūd ( āre ) to sweat + -ārium -ary
Example Sentences
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Veronica, holding the napkin or "sudarium," "flourishing a marble pocket-handkerchief."
From Project Gutenberg
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.”
From Project Gutenberg
Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes.
From Project Gutenberg
But let us return to our immediate subject—the holy sudarium of Turin.
From Project Gutenberg
They afterwards obtained from the king, Charles VI., an authorization to worship the holy sudarium in the church of Liré.
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