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Webster 1913 Edition


Sudarium


Su-da′ri-um

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Noun.
[L., a handkerchief.]
(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.

Definition 2024


sudarium

sudarium

English

Noun

sudarium (plural sudaria)

  1. (archaic) A napkin or handkerchief.

Synonyms


Latin

Etymology

From sūdor (sweat) + -ārium (of purpose), via *sūdārius (relating to sweat).

Noun

sūdārium n (genitive sūdāriī); second declension

  1. cloth for wiping off perspiration
  2. handkerchief

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative sūdārium sūdāria
genitive sūdāriī sūdāriōrum
dative sūdāriō sūdāriīs
accusative sūdārium sūdāria
ablative sūdāriō sūdāriīs
vocative sūdārium sūdāria

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