Definitions

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  • noun A loose outer garment worn over armour.

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Examples

  • A Network admin has access to anything on that network, which is why you should have a different password for each account you make and why you should change your password on a regular basis. (even network admins transfer jobs) For those who have trouble remembering passwords there are handheld personal password managers (one called the mandylion) out there that store that info for you.

    Top 10 most common passwords | Sync Blog 2008

  • Artistic works of this relic - called either the "Image of Edessa" or the "mandylion" - generally have it portrayed as the face of Christ upon a towel or kerchief.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] TerryH 2010

  • Artistical works of this relic - called either the "Image of Edessa" or the "mandylion" - generally have it portrayed as the face of Christ upon a towel or kerchief.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Karajou 2010

  • Artistical works of this relic - called either the "Image of Edessa" or the "mandylion" - generally have it portrayed as the face of Christ upon a towel or kerchief.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Karajou 2010

  • Artistical works of this relic - called either the "Image of Edessa" or the "mandylion" - generally have it portrayed as the face of Christ upon a towel or kerchief.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Karajou 2010

  • Artistical works of this relic - called either the "Image of Edessa" or the "[[mandylion]]" - generally have it portrayed as the face of Christ upon a towel or kerchief.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Karajou 2010

  • Artistical works of this relic - called either the "Image of Edessa" or the "[[mandylion]]" - generally have it portrayed as the face of Christ upon a towel or kerchief.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Karajou 2010

  • Artistical works of this relic - called either the "Image of Edessa" or the "[[mandylion]]" - generally have it portrayed as the face of Christ upon a towel or kerchief.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Karajou 2010

  • Artistical works of this relic - called either the "Image of Edessa" or the "[[mandylion]]" - generally have it portrayed as the face of Christ upon a towel or kerchief.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Karajou 2010

  • The mandylion stayed in Edessa as a means of protection for the city from harm until forcibly taken to [[Constantinople]] in 944, where it was received with great fanfare by Emperor Romanus I.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Karajou 2010

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  • The Image of Edessa, a piece of cloth with the face of Christ miraculously imprinted on it--making Nightwish's 'Mandylion without a face' (lyrics, 'End of All Hope') a plain piece of cloth.

    November 21, 2007

  • I can't believe this isn't a dialect variant on dandelion.

    July 19, 2016

  • Mandle!

    July 19, 2016