Veil
noun
A piece of fabric worn by women to cover head and often face.
The bride wore a long veil as she walked down the aisle
Often appears as...
- wedding veil
- wear a veil
noun
Something that hides or obstructs.
He used humor as a veil to hide his sadness
Often appears as...
- veil of secrecy
- veil of ignorance
verb
To cover or enclose with or as if with a veil.
The mountains were veiled in fog
Often appears as...
- veil in mystery
- veil in darkness
noun
The part of a nun's ensemble that is worn on the head and partially covers the face.
She took the veil to show her commitment to her faith
Often appears as...
- take the veil
- black veil
noun
A piece of fabric worn by women to cover head and often face.
The bride wore a long veil as she walked down the aisle
Often appears as...
- wedding veil
- wear a veil
noun
Something that hides or obstructs.
He used humor as a veil to hide his sadness
Often appears as...
- veil of secrecy
- veil of ignorance
verb
To cover or enclose with or as if with a veil.
The mountains were veiled in fog
Often appears as...
- veil in mystery
- veil in darkness
noun
The part of a nun's ensemble that is worn on the head and partially covers the face.
She took the veil to show her commitment to her faith
Often appears as...
- take the veil
- black veil
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Wedding Tradition
Veil is often associated with weddings, symbolizing purity and tradition for brides.
She chose a delicate lace veil for her wedding.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Variance
Veiling practices can vary greatly across cultures, sometimes worn for modesty or religious reasons.
In some cultures, a veil is common daily attire for women.
Pro Tip 1/2Wedding Tradition
Veil is often associated with weddings, symbolizing purity and tradition for brides.
She chose a delicate lace veil for her wedding.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Variance
Veiling practices can vary greatly across cultures, sometimes worn for modesty or religious reasons.
In some cultures, a veil is common daily attire for women.
Pro Tip 1/2Wedding Tradition
Veil is often associated with weddings, symbolizing purity and tradition for brides.
She chose a delicate lace veil for her wedding.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Variance
Veiling practices can vary greatly across cultures, sometimes worn for modesty or religious reasons.
In some cultures, a veil is common daily attire for women.
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Letting go of God PIPE...
my second-grade class at school. But when she said it, the phrase seemed all caught up in the excitement of preparations for our first communion and our first confession, and everybody knew that was really all about the white dress and the white veil. And anyway, I hadn't really paid all that much attention to that phrase, "age of reason."
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Mustafa Akyol: Faith...
which would guard the universities against veiled students. In other words, they would force students to uncover their heads. And I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it. It should be the citizen's decision. But when I saw that, I said,
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How equal do we want the...
and we asked them the question in the veil of ignorance. What are the characteristics of a country that would make you want to join it, knowing that you could end randomly at any place? And here is what we got. What did people want to give to the first group, the bottom 20 percent?
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Science can answer moral...
whether in this audience or people elsewhere in the world hearing some of this they've all be doing the screaming with rage thing all right there as well some of them language seems to be is really important here you do when you talk about the veil you're talking about
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The Astronaut of the...
i grew up in trinam tobago which is in the caribbean so it meant i spent a lot of time in nature especially by the ocean through those experiences i remember there being times where i just wanted to pull away that veil of water to know what was down there
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Science can answer moral...
hearing some of this, may well be doing the screaming-with-rage thing, after as well, some of them. Language seems to be really important here. When you're talking about the veil, you're talking about women dressed in cloth bags.
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Testing the Mona Lisa PIPE...
curators who organized the testing the models seem to be enveloped by a transparent gauze like veil I could observe that there was girls on the left arm that will also goes on the right arm and the mother seems to be totally
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Depression, the secret...
and are seeing the world through the haze of a bad mood. You think that the veil has been taken away, the veil of happiness, and that now you're seeing truly. It's easier to help schizophrenics who perceive
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How I came to love my...
headscarf the niqab is the face veil and a horse is not involved usually and the burqa is the full body cover and it comes with or without the veil so what I'm wearing right now is the burqa in my
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Halloween History PIPE...
ghosts of the dead walked the earth it was the time when the veil between death and life was supposed to be at its thinnest
Video examples
Letting go of God PIPE...
my second-grade class at school. But when she said it, the phrase seemed all caught up in the excitement of preparations for our first communion and our first confession, and everybody knew that was really all about the white dress and the white veil. And anyway, I hadn't really paid all that much attention to that phrase, "age of reason."
Video examples
Mustafa Akyol: Faith...
which would guard the universities against veiled students. In other words, they would force students to uncover their heads. And I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it. It should be the citizen's decision. But when I saw that, I said,
Video examples
How equal do we want the...
and we asked them the question in the veil of ignorance. What are the characteristics of a country that would make you want to join it, knowing that you could end randomly at any place? And here is what we got. What did people want to give to the first group, the bottom 20 percent?
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
whether in this audience or people elsewhere in the world hearing some of this they've all be doing the screaming with rage thing all right there as well some of them language seems to be is really important here you do when you talk about the veil you're talking about
Video examples
The Astronaut of the...
i grew up in trinam tobago which is in the caribbean so it meant i spent a lot of time in nature especially by the ocean through those experiences i remember there being times where i just wanted to pull away that veil of water to know what was down there
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
hearing some of this, may well be doing the screaming-with-rage thing, after as well, some of them. Language seems to be really important here. When you're talking about the veil, you're talking about women dressed in cloth bags.
Video examples
Testing the Mona Lisa PIPE...
curators who organized the testing the models seem to be enveloped by a transparent gauze like veil I could observe that there was girls on the left arm that will also goes on the right arm and the mother seems to be totally
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
and are seeing the world through the haze of a bad mood. You think that the veil has been taken away, the veil of happiness, and that now you're seeing truly. It's easier to help schizophrenics who perceive
Video examples
How I came to love my...
headscarf the niqab is the face veil and a horse is not involved usually and the burqa is the full body cover and it comes with or without the veil so what I'm wearing right now is the burqa in my
Video examples
Halloween History PIPE...
ghosts of the dead walked the earth it was the time when the veil between death and life was supposed to be at its thinnest
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Warren Farrell
American Writer
If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?
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Mark Frost
American Novelist
There is a design behind the world that we are living in, which is veiled to most of us most of the time, but every once in a while, you catch a glimpse of it.
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Rumi
Poet
This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
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Lizz Wright
American Musician
I think living in a way that's close to nature makes you feel like that - makes you feel how thin the veil is between life and death.
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Kevin-Prince Boateng
German Athlete
Everyone thinks footballers have a great life and drive great cars, but sometimes you have to pull the veil away and look behind.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
English Poet
Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.
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Garrett Clayton
American Actor
I don't really like talking about my personal life. I like a certain amount of veil.
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Alfred Nobel
Swedish Scientist
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Life will continue on the other side of the veil.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Veiling truth in mystery.
Quote examples
Warren Farrell
American Writer
If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?
Quote examples
Mark Frost
American Novelist
There is a design behind the world that we are living in, which is veiled to most of us most of the time, but every once in a while, you catch a glimpse of it.
Quote examples
Rumi
Poet
This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
Quote examples
Lizz Wright
American Musician
I think living in a way that's close to nature makes you feel like that - makes you feel how thin the veil is between life and death.
Quote examples
Kevin-Prince Boateng
German Athlete
Everyone thinks footballers have a great life and drive great cars, but sometimes you have to pull the veil away and look behind.
Quote examples
Percy Bysshe Shelley
English Poet
Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.
Quote examples
Garrett Clayton
American Actor
I don't really like talking about my personal life. I like a certain amount of veil.
Quote examples
Alfred Nobel
Swedish Scientist
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
Quote examples
Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Life will continue on the other side of the veil.
Quote examples
Virgil
Roman Poet
Veiling truth in mystery.
Example 1 of 10
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