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单词 sudarium
释义

Definition of sudarium in English:

sudarium

nounPlural sudaria s(j)uːˈdɛːrɪəm
  • (in the Roman Catholic Church) another term for veronica (sense 2)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As is normal in representations of the Last Judgment, the sudarium does not appear among the arma christi born by angels in the uppermost zone of the fresco.
    • Counter-posed to such diabolical artifice is the sacred prototype of holy icons, pictured on the painted frame above the idol: the sudarium of Veronica.
    • One etymology connected the Veronica-the trace of Christ's face left on the cloth, the sudarium (Latin, sudor, sweat) with the ‘vera icona,’ an indexical image, a natural image, made without hands (acheiropoietos).
    • The figure is artfully foreshortened, engaging in a sweeping contrapposto to provide a virtuoso ‘frame’ for the sudarium, the origin of all cult images, made without human hands from the face of Christ.
    • The cult of the sudarium began in the twelfth century in St Peter's, and in the Western Church.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin, literally 'napkin', from sudor 'sweat'.

Rhymes

aquarium, armamentarium, barium, caldarium, cinerarium, columbarium, dolphinarium, frigidarium, herbarium, honorarium, planetarium, rosarium, sanitarium, solarium, tepidarium, terrarium, vivarium
 
 
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