Definition of Sindon

1. n. A wrapper.

Definition of Sindon

1. fine cloth [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sindon

1. 1. A wrapper. "Wrapped in sindons of linen." 2. A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine. Origin: L, a kind of fine Indian cotton stuff, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sindon

sincerest
sincerities
sincerity
sincipita
sincipital
sincipital presentation
sinciput
sinciputs
sincke
sincosite
sind
sinded
sinding
sinding-larson-johansson disease
sindings
sindon (current term)
sindonological
sindonology
sindons
sinds
sine
sine condition
sine curve
sine die
sine formula
sine law
sine qua non
sine qua nons
sine quibus non
sine ratio

Literary usage of Sindon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"sindon. (See Il,|sm,x.) SINE, in mathematics; a line drawn perpendicularly from one end of an arc upon the radius, drawn to the other end. ..."

2. King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Compendious History of the World by by Paulus Orosius, Joseph Bosworth, Robert Thomas Hampson (1858)
"... riffen L.— c sindon 10 L,C.— » and <o L.—10 rf-11 d bret- tannia ond ... him is J^res sius earm temon ha?t ost sie L.—11 / him w L.—12 ac sindon ..."

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