[vuh-ron-i-kuh] 
) Ecclesiastical. | 1. | the image of the face of Christ, said in legend to have been miraculously impressed on the handkerchief or veil that St. Veronica gave to Him to wipe His face on the way to Calvary. |
| 2. | the handkerchief or veil itself. |
| 3. | Also called sudarium. any handkerchief, veil, or cloth bearing a representation of the face of Christ. |
[vuh-ron-i-kuh] | any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Veronica, of the figwort family, having opposite leaves and clusters of small flowers, as the speedwell. |
[vuh-ron-i-kuh] | (in bullfighting) a pass in which the matador keeps his feet and legs absolutely still while slowly swinging the open cape away from the charging bull. |
[vuh-ron-i-kuh] | a female given name. |
| ve·ron·i·ca 1 (və-rŏn'ĭ-kə) n. Any of various plants of the genus Veronica, which includes the speedwells. [New Latin Veronica, genus name.] |
| ve·ron·i·ca 2 (və-rŏn'ĭ-kə) n.
[Medieval Latin, perhaps alteration of vēra īconica, true image : Latin vēra, feminine of vērus, true; see very + Latin īconica, feminine of īconicus, of an image (from Greek eikonikos, from eikōn, image; see icon).] |
| ve·ron·i·ca 3 (və-rŏn'ĭ-kə) n. A maneuver in bullfighting in which the matador stands with both feet fixed in position and swings the cape slowly away from the charging bull. [Spanish, from veronica, the veronica (from the gesture Saint Veronica made), from Medieval Latin; see veronica2.] |
| Ve·ron·i·ca (və-rŏn'ĭ-kə) A woman of Jerusalem who gave Jesus her head-cloth to wipe his face as he bore the cross to Calvary. |
"In sum, it seems likely that the story of Veronica is a delightful legend without any solid historical basis; that Veronica is a purely fictitious, not a historical character, and that the story was invented to explain the relic. It aroused great interest in the later Middle Ages in the general devotional context of increased concern with the humanity of Christ, especially the Holy Face, and the physical elements of his Passion." [David Hugh Farmer, "The Oxford Dictionary of Saints," 1978]Hence vernicle (1362) "picture of the face of Christ," from O.Fr. veronicle, var. of veronique.
Veronica information science
Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives. Veronica offers a keyword search of most gopher menu titles in the entire gopher web. As archie is to FTP archives, Veronica is to Gopherspace. A Veronica search produces a menu of Gopher items, each of which is a direct pointer to a Gopher data source. Because Veronica is accessed through a Gopher Client, it is easy to use, and gives access to all types of data supported by the Gopher protocol.
To try Veronica, select it from the "Other Gophers" menu on Minnesota's gopher server, or point your gopher at:
Name=veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace) Type=1 Port=70 Path=1/veronica Host=gopher.scs.unr.edu
(gopher://gopher.scs.unr.edu/1/veronica).
| Veronica very easy, rodent-oriented netwide index to computerized archives |