[Proper name: see VERNICLE.] = VERNICLE 1 and 2.

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  In quot. 1812 stressed Veroni·ca.

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a. 1700.  Evelyn, Diary, 15 Jan. 1645. The Zitelle … walked in procession to St. Peter’s, where the Veronica was shew’d.

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1728.  Chambers, Cycl., s.v., Veronica’s are Imitations of that celebrated Original one, preserv’d with great Veneration at St. Peter’s in Rome.

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1788.  Gibbon, Decl. & F., xlix. V. 94. The veronica of Rome, or Spain, or Jerusalem, which Christ in his agony and bloody sweat applied to his face.

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1812.  Cary, Dante, Parad., XXXI. 95. Like a wight, Who haply from Croatia wends to see Our Veronica.

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1855.  Milman, Lat. Chr., IX. viii. IV. 214. The Pope … showed him the Veronica, and allowed him to touch the holy face of the Lord.

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  transf.  1788.  Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3), I. 24. It is disputed whether the Veronica of Montreuil, or the granite obelisk mentioned by Gori, be Abraxases.

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