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sindon
[ sin-duhn ]
noun
, Archaic.
- cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sindon1
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin sindōn < Greek sindṓn
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Example Sentences
Herodotus says the mummy cloths were of “byssine sindon,” which may be translated “linen cloth.”
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Instead of the plural are, Old English had beoth and sind or sindon, same as the German sind.
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Their only dress is a sindon or cloak, out of which they put forth one arm.
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The material used, in addition to sendal, was worsted, sindon and cloth of Aylsham.
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Serapion the Sindonite was so called because he wore nothing but a sindon, or linen shirt.
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