sindon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sindon
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin sindōn < Greek sindṓn
Example Sentences
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Red and grey sindon hung before the royal table; the King sat on samitelle cushions, and two pieces of velvet “to put under the King” also appear in the account.
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
She turned as white as the sindon in her hand, and stood up.
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
Instead of the plural are, Old English had beoth and sind or sindon, same as the German sind.
From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt
Se Halwenda �e he embe spr�c is ure H�lend Crist, se�e com to geh�lenne ure wunda, ��t sindon ure synna.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Serapion the Sindonite was so called because he wore nothing but a sindon, or linen shirt.
From The Hermits by Kingsley, Charles
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