sudary Obs. or arch.
(ˈs(j)uːdərɪ)
Also 4–5 sudare, 4–6 sudarie, 5 seou-, sewdarie, (shouldarye), sodary, sudurye, 5–6 sudarye, 6 sudari, sudere; also (disyll.) 5 sudayr, Sc. swdour.
[ad. L. sūdārium, f. sūdor sweat: see -ary1 2. Cf. It., Sp., Pg. sudario, Pr. suzari, F. suaire. Gr. σουδάριον, from L., is used in Luke xix. 20, John xi. 44, xx. 7, Acts xix. 12.]
1. A napkin or handkerchief used to wipe sweat or tears from the face; a sweat-cloth; esp. such a napkin venerated as a relic of a saint.
| a 1350 St. James 137 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 98 Þe childe þan toke þe appostels sudary. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints i. (Petrus) 53 In his bosum ay he bare a sudare, to wepe his Ene. 1382 Wyclif Acts xix. 12 On syke men the sudaries [later vers. napkins]..or nyȝt clothis..weren borun fro his body. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 30 For eyen and nose the nedethe a mokadour, Or sudary. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 426/2 He came to the sudayr of the saynt & with grete deuocion kyssed it. 1623 Cockeram, Sudorne [? Sudorye], a handkerchefe. 1835 Browning Paracelsus iii. 438 A monk fumbled at the sick man's mouth With some undoubted relic—a sudary Of the Virgin. |
2. The napkin which was about Christ's head in the tomb; hence, a shroud or winding-sheet. Also attrib. sudary cloth.
| a 1300–1400 Cursor M. 17288 + 193 (Cott.) Peter..saȝe þe schetez spred, and þe sudary þore leued þat was in þe sepulcre laide on our lordez heued. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 99 His face was bounden wiþ a sudarie. c 1440 York Myst. xxxvi. 387 A sudarye Loo here haue I, Wynde hym for-thy. c 1450 in Maitland Club Misc. III. 204 Ane gret sepultur with ane ymage of our Saluiour..and ane swdour of quhit silk abon the sam. 1483 Caxton G. de la Tour a iij b, Moo than a thousand men in sudaryes lyke dede men. 1485 Digby Myst. iii. 1049 Here is nothyng left butt a sudare cloth. ? a 1500 Chester Pl. xix. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 98 My Lorde Jesu is awaye! But his shouldarye south to saye, Lyinge here I fynde. 1517 R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 3 Ther in a Castyll ys a ffayer Churche where ys the sudary of ower Savyor Crist Jhu. 1538 Prymer Salisb. Use in Maskell Mon. Rit. (1846) II. p. xiii, The body of Jesu Was wraped and bounde in a sudary. 1756–7 Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 342 The holy Sudary at Turin. |
3. Eccl. A ceremonial cloth of linen or silk, often fringed; esp. a humeral veil. arch.
| 1431 Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1904) 27 Also vj seoudaries corporas & a case. c 1450 in Aungier Syon (1840) 367 Sudaryes longyng to the awtres. 1488 in Archæologia XLV. 116 A Sewdarie of grene tarterne ffringed with silke on bothe endis. c 1500 Order Consecr. Nuns in Maskell Mon. Rit. (1846) II. 327 Every virgyn shall have a long sudary or towell uppon both hir handys. 1523 [Coverdale] Old God (1534) M ij b, Y⊇ chapleins armed euery one of theym with an ob. do cast theyr ob. in to the basen kyssyng y⊇ sudary. 1549 Edw. VI. Injunct. in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1681) II. ii. i. No. 33. 165 Blessing his Eyes with the Paten or Sudary. 1891 Legg Missale Westm. p. xv, The fifth is the initial of St. Stephen's office, and represents the saint as a deacon holding up stones in a sudary. |