A veil (from the old French veile, from the Latin velum, cloth) is an article of feminine dress, used as a covering for the head, especially the face. In the ancient world, as in modern India, a mantle wrapt round the head was, when so desired, drawn over the face as a veil. In Islam custom requires the veiling of women in public or in the presence of men. The Turkish yashmak, when worn, veils the face from below the eyes.
In the Roman Catholic Church a woman is admitted into a religious order takes the white veil of reception on entering her novitiate. When she is fully professed and takes the life vows, she receives the veil of profession, which is usually black, though in some orders it is white. Research Veil
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Abbreviations
Costume
Research Veil
