Napkin

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nap´kin (Greek σουδάριον, soudárion; Latin sudarium, a “sweat-cloth”):

A cloth for wiping the sweat from the face. But the word is used of a wrapper to fold money in (Luke 19:20), and as an article of dress, a “handkerchief” worn on the head (Acts 19:12).

In Luke 19:20, the cloth in which the “unprofitable servant” wrapped the money of his lord; compare John 11:44; John 20:7; see Dress 7; Handkerchief.

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