Etymology

mandilion

man·di·li·on
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Today it means: A loose outer garment resembling a cassock or coat, often sleeveless, worn by soldiers over armour or by menservants as a type of overcoat. Full definition →

Middle French mandillon
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mandilion · noun1

  1. Middle French · derived frommandillon
  2. English todaymandilion

From Middle French mandillon (from 1572), from mandille + -on (“forming diminutives of things”); compare Italian mandiglione (1598).

mandilion · noun2

See mandylion.

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