Sindon

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.

(2): ( n.) A wrapper.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(literally a cotton cloth), a word having several ecclesiastical meanings:

1. A napkin;

2. A cloth for holding and enclosing the bread offered for the holy eucharist in the Eastern church;

3. A term sometimes applied to the communion cloth which the faithful, in certain parts of the Church, hold before them when partaking of the sacrament;

4. In the Liturgy of the Church of Milan this term is applied to the linen cloth which covers the altar slab.