Definitions For Mandylion

Noun

MANDYLION. (countable and uncountable, plural MANDYLIONs) (chiefly, _, Eastern Orthodoxy) often mandylion: the w:image of edessa, image of edessa, a holy relic consisting of a piece of cloth upon which an image of the face of jesus christ had been miraculously imprint#verb, imprinted without human intervention (that is, an acheiropoieton); an artistic depiction of this relic.

Synonyms

Image of Edessa

Coordinate terms

veronica {{qualifier, image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which {{w, Saint Veronica}} wiped his face as he went to be crucified}}

Related terms

mandil mantilla

Translations

Greek: μανδήλιον, n

Alternative forms

mandilion Mandylion

Etymology

From {{der, en, gkm, μανδύλιον}}, μανδίλιον, μαντίλιον, or μανδήλη, , cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth (the last word dating to the 5th century), especially in the term τὸ ἄγιον μανδήλιον, , the holy towel; from {{der, en, la, mantelium, mantēlium}}, a variation of mantele, mantēle or mantelum, mantēlum, hand towel, napkin (probably misconstructed as a singular form from the plural mantelia, mantēlia); probably from manus, , hand + tergere, , to rub, wipe, wipe off, clean, cleanse. Probably cognate with {{cog, xum, mantrahklu}}.