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Shroud of Turin

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noun

  1. a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.


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Located five miles from Disneyland on the Garden Grove campus that once housed televangelist Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral Ministries, the Shroud of Turin Experience is Orange County’s newest tourist attraction with a Christian twist.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

He explained that he didn't know if it — the Shroud of Turin — was real or not, but he felt the power of faith and belief in its presence.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

It’s a similar story with the famous Shroud of Turin.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2024

Controversy has enveloped the Shroud of Turin for centuries.

From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2022

I once went so long without changing my sheets — let alone making my bed — that I created my own Shroud of Turin.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2021

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