Sindon may refer to: *

Sindon (cloth) Sindon, also known as Syndone, was a fine Textile#Cloth, cloth that resembled muslin or cambric. It had multiple applications, including as a material used in furnishing, covering the pyx, and was referenced in the Bible and ancient Greek literat ...

, a type of fine

muslin Muslin () is a cotton fabric of plain weave. It is made in a wide range of weights from delicate sheers to coarse sheeting. It gets its name from the city of Mosul, Iraq, where it was first manufactured. Muslin of uncommonly delicate handsp ...

fabric; by extension also an item of this fabric: ** burial shroud, especially the one used for the burial of Jesus (see

Shroud of Turin The Shroud of Turin ( it, Sindone di Torino), also known as the Holy Shroud ( it, Sacra Sindone, links=no or ), is a length of linen cloth bearing the negative image of a man. Some describe the image as depicting Jesus of Nazareth and bel ...

) ** corporals, cloths used in Christian liturgy ** wads or rolls of such cloth formerly used in filling open wounds during

surgery Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...

* , a village in

Cetinje Municipality Old Royal Capital Cetinje (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and Serbian language, Serbian: Prijestonica Cetinje / Пријестоница Цетиње) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro, territorial subdivisions of Montenegro. It has th ...

, Montenegro * Sindon (horse), a horse who won the Irish Derby in the 1950s * Sindon, Myanmar, a place in Shwebo Township

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