Sudarium, or Sudary

Sudarium, or Sudary

(sweat-cloth): 1. The purficatorium (q.v.) for wiping the chalice; 2. The maniple (q.v.); 3. The veronica (q.v.) (the blessing of the priest's eyes with the sudarium was forbidden in 1549); 4. The banner of a bishop's staff, called also vexillucit (q.v.).