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Definition of sudarium in English: sudariumnounPlural 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.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin, literally 'napkin', from sudor 'sweat'. Rhymesaquarium, armamentarium, barium, caldarium, cinerarium, columbarium, dolphinarium, frigidarium, herbarium, honorarium, planetarium, rosarium, sanitarium, solarium, tepidarium, terrarium, vivarium |