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Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of mandylion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
mandylion
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /mɑnˈdɪlɪən/
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General-American: /mænˈdɪli.ən/
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General-American: /-jən/
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homophone: mandilion
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rhymes with -ɪljən
noun
Meaning 2
often Mandylion: the 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 imprinted without human intervention (that is, an acheiropoieton); an artistic depiction of this relic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy
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History
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek μανδύλιον (mandúlion), μανδίλιον (mandílion), μαντίλιον (mantílion), or μανδήλη (mandḗlē, “cloth, hand towel, handkerchief, tablecloth”) (the last word dating to the 5th century), especially in the term τὸ ἄγιον μανδήλιον (tò ágion mandḗlion, “the holy towel”); from Latin mantēlium, a variation of mantēle or mantēlum (“hand towel, napkin”) (probably misconstructed as a singular form from the plural mantēlia); probably from manus (“hand”) + tergō (“to rub, wipe, wipe off, clean, cleanse”). Probably cognate with Umbrian mantrahklu.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Greek: μανδήλιον (mandílion) — holy relic