sindon

English

Etymology

From Latin sindōn (possibly by way of Old French syndone and sindone), from Ancient Greek σινδών (sindṓn),[1] from Late Egyptian šndy(t), from earlier šnḏwt (kilt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.dən/

Noun

sindon (countable and uncountable, plural sindons)

  1. (obsolete or historical) A fine thin linen muslin or cambric cloth.
  2. (obsolete or historical) A piece of such cloth, particularly
    1. A shroud of such cloth.
    2. (ecclesiastical) The shroud of Jesus following the crucifixion.
    3. (ecclesiastical) The corporal: the cloth placed beneath the eucharist.
    4. A garment or wrapper of such cloth.
      • 1626, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, section 10:
        There were found in it a Book, and a Letter; Both [] wrapped in Sindons of Linnen.
    5. (medicine) A wad, roll, or pledget of such cloth, usually doused with medicine, used to fill open wounds during surgery.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "sindon, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1911.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σινδών (sindṓn).

Noun

sindōn f (genitive sindō̆nis); third declension

  1. muslin

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sindōn sindō̆nēs
genitive sindō̆nis sindō̆num
dative sindō̆nī sindō̆nibus
accusative sindō̆nem sindō̆nēs
ablative sindō̆ne sindō̆nibus
vocative sindōn sindō̆nēs

Descendants

  • Italian: sindone

References

  • sindon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sindon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sindon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsin.don/

Verb

sindon

  1. plural present indicative of wesan