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Webster 1913 Edition
Sindon
Sin′don
,Noun.
[L., a kind of fine Indian cotton stuff, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].]
1.
A wrapper.
[Obs.]
“Wrapped in sindons of linen.” Bacon.
2.
(Surg.)
A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.
Dunglison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sindon
SIN'DON
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sindon
sindon
English
Noun
sindon (plural sindons)
- (obsolete or historical) A fine thin linen muslin or cambric cloth.
- (obsolete or historical) A piece of such cloth, particularly
- A shroud of such cloth.
- (ecclesiastical) The shroud of Jesus following the crucifixion.
- (ecclesiastical) The corporal: the cloth placed beneath the eucharist.
- A garment or wrapper of such cloth.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, 10:
- There were found in it a Book, and a Letter; Both... wrapped in Sindons of Linnen.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, 10:
- (medicine) A wad, roll, or pledget of such cloth, usually doused with medicine, used to fill open wounds during surgery.
Derived terms
- sindonless
- sindonology
References
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "sindon, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1911.
Latin
Noun
sindon f (genitive sindōnis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sindon | sindōnēs |
| genitive | sindōnis | sindōnum |
| dative | sindōnī | sindōnibus |
| accusative | sindōnem | sindōnēs |
| ablative | sindōne | sindōnibus |
| vocative | sindon | sindōnēs |
References
- sindon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sindon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers