Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A handkerchief.
- noun Specifically— The legendary sweat-cloth; the handkerchief of St. Veronica, according to tradition miraculously impressed with the mask of Christ; also, the napkin about Christ's head (Johu xx. 7).
- noun In general, any miraculous portrait of Christ. See
vernicle . - noun Same as
maniple , 4. - noun The orarium or vexillum of a pastoral staff.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion.
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Examples
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As the word sudarium suggested, it was painted to represent the impression made by the sweat of Christ, i.e. probably in a yellowish tint upon unbrilliant red.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The same is worshipped under the name of St. Suaire, from the Latin word sudarium.
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We also read that the cloth (in Latin, a "sudarium") that covered our Lord's head was rolled up in a separate place.
Catholic Exchange Fr. Jerome Magat 2010
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The sudarium or Veronica's Veil literally claimed iconic status by virtue of their divine creators.
Menachem Wecker: Only "Fuzzy" Factors Can Predict Iconic Images, New Book Suggests Menachem Wecker 2011
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Thus Jerome emphasises the crepuscular setting, and a certain psychic distance opens up between shroud and sudarium.
Easter Sunday 2009
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Thus Jerome emphasises the crepuscular setting, and a certain psychic distance opens up between shroud and sudarium.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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John 20: 6-7, sloppy translation, sudarium comments:
Easter Sunday 2009
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The sudarium or Veronica's Veil literally claimed iconic status by virtue of their divine creators.
Menachem Wecker: Only "Fuzzy" Factors Can Predict Iconic Images, New Book Suggests Menachem Wecker 2011
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In other words the Greek seems to encompass a profound complexity of meaning as regards the placement (if that is the right word) of the head cloth, napkin, or, in fact, the σουδαριον/sudarium (in essence the same word, evidently a technical term in the repertoire of near eastern undertakers in Roman-occupied Palestine).
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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In other words the Greek seems to encompass a profound complexity of meaning as regards the placement (if that is the right word) of the head cloth, napkin, or, in fact, the σουδαριον/sudarium (in essence the same word, evidently a technical term in the repertoire of near eastern undertakers in Roman-occupied Palestine).
Easter Sunday 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word sudarium
"1. A handkerchief.
Specifically— The legendary sweat-cloth; the handkerchief of St. Veronica, according to tradition miraculously impressed with the mask of Christ; also, the napkin about Christ's head (Johu xx. 7).
2. In general, any miraculous portrait of Christ. See vernicle.
3. Same as maniple, 4.
4. The orarium or vexillum of a pastoral staff."
--Century Dictionary
See also sudary.
January 3, 2011
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