Is the Image on the Shroud of Turin a Selfie?

the scientific study of the Shroud of Turin

Do you remember the laughter that ensued when you used the word sindonology? Well things are improving.

From: Dictionary.com

sin·do·nol·o·gy

[sin-duh-nol-uh-jee]

noun

the scientific study of the Shroud of Turin.

Origin:
1965–70;  < Italian sindon ( e ) the shroud in which Christ was interred(< Greek (NT) sindṓn winding sheet, Greek: muslin sheet; cf. sindon) + -o- + -logy

Related forms

sin·do·nol·o·gist, noun

From:  Collins English Dictionary: Pioneers in dictionary publishing since 1819

Definitions

noun

1. the study of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in

From: Wiktionary:

English

Noun

sindonology

1. The study of the Shroud of Turin.

Etymology

1965–70; < It sindon(e) the shroud in which Christ was interred (< Gk (NT) sindṓn winding sheet, Gk: muslin sheet; cf. sindon) + -o- + -logy

Related terms

• sindonological

Translations

• study of holy shroud

References

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3624753.stm (BBC news article on the Turin Shroud)
• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sindonology

From: The Free Dictionary by Farlex

sindonology

the study of fabric artifacts, especially the supposed burial shroud of Christ. — sindonologist, n.

See also: Christ

However: Merriam-Webster’s doesn’t have sindonology yet. Neither does the grand poobah of dictionaries, Oxford, which can find room for selfie (a photograph that one has taken of oneself). Selfie was just named Oxford’s Word of the Year leading me to wonder if some sindonologist’s, Antonacci and Jackson for instance, or Rogers, might call the image on the shroud a selfie.