sindon

How to use sindon in a sentence

• Herodotus says the mummy cloths were of “byssine sindon,” which may be translated “linen cloth.”

  Needlework As Art | Marian Alford

• Instead of the plural are, Old English had beoth and sind or sindon, same as the German sind.

  An English Grammar | W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell

• Their only dress is a sindon or cloak, out of which they put forth one arm.

  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VII | Robert Kerr

• The material used, in addition to sendal, was worsted, sindon and cloth of Aylsham.

  British Flags | W. G. Perrin

• Serapion the Sindonite was so called because he wore nothing but a sindon, or linen shirt.

  The Hermits | Charles Kingsley