sindon

English

Etymology

From Latin sindon (possibly by way of Old French syndone and sindone), from Ancient Greek σινδών (sindṓn), from Late Egyptian šndy(t), from earlier šnḏwt (“kilt”).

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, 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

Anagrams

• Indons

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σινδών (sindṓn).

Noun

sindon f (genitive sindōnis); third declension

1. muslin

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sindon	sindōnēs
Genitive	sindōnis	sindōnum
Dative	sindōnī	sindōnibus
Accusative	sindōnem	sindōnēs
Ablative	sindōne	sindōnibus
Vocative	sindon	sindōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: sindone

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