sudarium

[soo-dair-ee-uhm]

noun

plural

sudaria 

1. (in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.

2. (sometimes initial capital letter),  veronica.

sudarium

/ sjʊˈdɛərɪəm /

noun

1. another word for sudatorium veronica 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of sudarium¹

1595–1605; < Latin sūdārium, equivalent to sūd ( āre ) to sweat + -ārium -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of sudarium¹

C17: from Latin, from sūdāre to sweat

Example Sentences

Veronica, holding the napkin or "sudarium," "flourishing a marble pocket-handkerchief."

Read more on Project Gutenberg

I give his own words in alluding to the Sudarium, that napkin sent to king Abgarus, on which Jesus impressed the image of his own face: “And it hath been by like miracle in the thin corruptible cloth kept and preserved these 1500 years fresh and well preserved, to the inward comforts, spiritual rejoicing, and great increase of fervour in the hearts of good Christian people.”

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

But let us return to our immediate subject—the holy sudarium of Turin.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

They afterwards obtained from the king, Charles VI., an authorization to worship the holy sudarium in the church of Liré.

Read more on Project Gutenberg