Shroud of Turin

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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Whenever he throws a damp scarf into the audience, the women go so crazy you’d think it was the Shroud of Turin.

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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.

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

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The Museum of the Bible will open a major exhibit on the Shroud of Turin on Saturday, but its top curator says the genuineness of the alleged burial cloth of Jesus isn’t the point.

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The exhibit, titled “Mystery and Faith: The Shroud of Turin,” will feature a “three-dimensional reconstruction” of the shroud but not the original that is kept in Turin.

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