Meanings
nounsindonology (uncountable)
- uncountableThe study of the Shroud of Turin from a believing perspective.
It has its own ology - sindonology, the study of the shroud.
2004 April 14, Steve Tomkins, “Wrapped in the shroud”, in BBC
Origin
From sindon (“shroud, linen”) + -ology (indicating field of study).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French sindonologie
- sindonologiestudy
Italian sindonologia
- sindonologiastudy
Polish syndologia, syndonologia
- syndologiastudy
- syndonologiastudy
Spanish sindonología
- sindonologíastudy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sindonology
technologypsychologybiologymethodologyecologypathologypharmacologytheologyastrologygeologyanthropologyarchaeologymythologyradiologytopologyanthologynanotechnologyideologyneurologycardiologydermatologymorphologyontologyapology
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
sindonology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sindonology
MLA
“sindonology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sindonology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sindonology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sindonology.
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