Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as sudarium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Obs. or R. A napkin or handkerchief.

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  • noun archaic a napkin or handkerchief

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Examples

  • It is said for certain that he bare always a sudary in his bosom with which he wiped the tears that ran from his eyes; for when he remembered the sweet presence of our Lord, for the great love that he had to him he might not forbear weeping.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900

  • And Juvenal answered to her, like as he had found in ancient histories, that the body was borne into glory, and was not in the monument, for there was nothing left but the vestments and the sudary only.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900

  • S. James sent to him his sudary or keverchief and said: Say to him that our

    The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900

  • S. Landry, and with his sudary did to be made over him the sign of the cross, and anon after, the thorn issued out from his knee, and was all whole, healed by the merits of the saint, whom we beseech to pray God for us.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

  • And at the last they opened the sepulchre and found not the body, but they found only but the vestments, and the sudary.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900

  • And then when the apostles came to the Vale of Jehosaphat, they found a sepulchre like unto the sepulchre of our Lord, and laid therein the body with great reverence, but they durst not touch it, which was the right holy vessel of God, but the sudary in which she was wrapped, and laid it in the sepulchre.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900

  • Lord redresseth them that be hurt, and unbindeth them that be empeshed; and as soon as he said so, and touched the sudary, he was unbound and loosed from all the enchanting of Hermogenes, and arose up and went joyfully to S. James.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900

  • And after, the holy body was wounden and wrapped in a clean sudary, and was laid upon the bed, and lamps burnt full bright about her.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900

  • To oil his golden locks, and perfume well his sudary, and have his sleeves of the newest cutting?

    The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • Also present were nine bishops, the King's uncles, and many nobles: yea, and Queen Isabel likewise, that caused us to array her in great doole [mourning], and held her sudary at her eyes nearhand all the office [Service] through.

    In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864

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