MANDYLION

Etymology

Noun

mandylion (countable and uncountable, plural mandylions)

(chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) 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.

Synonyms

• Image of Edessa

Coordinate terms

• veronica (image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which Saint Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified)

Proper noun

Mandylion

Alternative letter-case form of mandylion.

Source: Wiktionary