ve·ron·i·ca 2 
(və-rŏnĭ-kə)
(və-rŏnĭ-kə)n.
1.
a. According to popular legend, an image of the face of Jesus as impressed on the cloth offered to him by Saint Veronica on the road to Calvary.
b. The cloth itself.
2. A cloth bearing a representation of Jesus's face.
[Medieval Latin, perhaps alteration of vēra īconica, true image : Latin vēra, feminine of vērus, true; see VERY + Latin īconica, feminine of īconicus, of an image (from Greek eikonikos, from eikōn, image; see ICON).]
veronica2c. 1420 oil painting
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