ve|ron|i|ca

ve|ron|i|ca¹ «vuh RON uh kuh», noun.

1. any one of a group of plants of the figwort family; speedwell.

2. a) Often, Veronica. the sudarium or handkerchief, preserved as a relic at St. Peter's, Rome, and alleged to be the original with which Saint Veronica wiped the face of Christ as He went to Calvary and on which the likeness of Christ's features remained b) a cloth or ornament bearing a representation of Christ's face. c) the likeness or representation of Christ's face on such a cloth or ornament.

╂[< Medieval Latin Veronica, the saint < Greek Berenē]

ve|ron|i|ca² «vuh RON uh kuh», noun.

a maneuver in bullfighting, in which the matador slowly turns with the cape without moving his feet as the bull rushes toward him: »

Cordobano tried a series of curtailed and unsatisfactory veronicas, but the bull had excellent brakes and no acceleration whatever, which made the passes extremely dangerous (Atlantic).

╂[< Spanish veronica < Veronica, the saint]