Veronica Definition

və-rŏnĭ-kə
veronicas
noun
veronicas
According to Christian tradition, a woman of Jerusalem who wiped the bleeding face of Jesus on the way to Calvary: her day is July 12
Webster's New World
The cloth itself.
American Heritage
The image of Jesus' face said in legend to have appeared on the veil or handkerchief used by Veronica to wipe the bleeding face of Jesus.
Webster's New World
A cloth or garment with a similar representation of Jesus' bleeding face.
Webster's New World

Speedwell.

Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Veronica

Noun

Singular:
veronica
Plural:
veronicas

Origin of Veronica

  • Medieval Latin perhaps alteration of vēra īconica true image Latin vēra feminine of vērus true very Latin īconica feminine of īconicus of an image (from Greek eikonikos) (from eikōn image icon)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Φερενίκη. Influenced by the Church Latin phrase vera icon "true image" associated with the legend of Saint Veronica who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary.

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish from veronica the veronica (from the gesture Saint Veronica made) from Medieval Latin veronica2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named from St. Veronica.

    From Wiktionary

Veronica Sentence Examples

  • By the same path it kis received a remarkable contribution from the North Temperate region; such familiar genera as Ranunculus, Epilobfum and Veronica form more than 9% of the flowering plants.

  • At first sight a South African Euphorbia might be mistaken for a South American Cactus, an Aloe for an A gave, a Senecio for ivy, or a New Zealand Veronica for a European Salicornia.

  • His prose idylls, The Garden that I love and In Veronica's Garden, are full of a pleasant, open-air flavour, which is also the outstanding feature of his English Lyrics.

  • According to the former of these accounts Veronica, in memory of her cure, caused a portrait of the Saviour to be painted.

  • It appears that in the 12th century the image began to be identified with one preserved at Rome, and in the popular speech the image, too, was called Veronica.

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Words Starting With

VVEVER

Words Ending With

ACAICA

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Words Starting With V and Ending With A

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