sindon

English

Etymology

From Latin sindōn (possibly by way of Old French syndone and sindone), from Ancient Greek σινδών (sindṓn), 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

• sindonless
• sindonology

 

Related terms

• shendyt

 

Anagrams

• Indons

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

• aron, arun — Northumbrian
• earun — Vespasian Psalter
• sind, sint, synt, sindun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.don/

Verb

sindon

1. plural present indicative of wesan