veronica

IPA（発音記号）

/vəˈɹɒnɪkə/

名詞

(Roman Catholicism) The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.

日本語の意味

（カトリック伝承）聖ヴェロニカが十字架にかけられるイエスの顔を拭った際、その顔が布に転写されたとされるイエスの顔の像、またはその布自体

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In the dim chapel, a worn veronica hung in a frame above the altar, its faint image of Christ drawing silent prayer.

薄暗い礼拝堂で、古びた聖顔布が額に入れて祭壇の上に掲げられており、そのかすかなキリストの御顔が静かな祈りを誘っていた。

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意味（1）

(Roman Catholicism) The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.

A veil that had wiped off the sweat of Christ? Who could possibly believe that? (…) The only true Veronica of this century was the veronica of the matador – the classic slow swing of the cape before the bull’s face, imitating that holy wiping, mocking it.

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意味（2）

(bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.

The cougher makes a lunge. Slothrop sweeps aside, gives him a quick veronica with his cape, sticks his foot out and trips the kid, who lies on the ground cursing

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意味（3）

(botany) A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.

meadows full of wildflowers that seemed to Kit enormous, violets as big as your hand, yellow lilies and blue veronica you could shelter from the rain under

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veronicas （ plural ）