Veil
A veil is an article of clothing, worn almost exclusively by women, that is intended to cover some part of the head or face.
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... of West Africa, women do not traditionally wear the veil, while men do ... Men begin wearing a veil at age 25 which conceals their entire face excluding their eyes ... This veil is never removed, even in front of family members ...
... Smog Veil Records is a Chicago, IL based independent record label ... to standard CD, DVD, and vinyl distribution, Smog Veil all distributes its media via the digital channels, including Napster and iTunes ...
... "Veil" came from Latin vēlum, which also means "sail" ... There are two theories about the origin of the word vēlum- Via the "covering" meaning, from (Indo-European root) *wel- = "to cover, to enclose" ...
... Further reading Veil is a codename used by three people in the Marvel Comics universe ... At the series' conclusion, Veil was sent back home to high school to live as a normal student, avoiding the events of Avengers Arena ...
... See also Piercing the corporate veil Berkey v ... Cardozo J decides there was no right to pierce the veil for a personal injury victim Walkovszky v ... the New York Court of Appeals refused to pierce the veil merely because a subsidiary was undercapitalised ...
More definitions of "veil":
- (noun): A vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl.
Synonyms: humeral veil
- (verb): Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.
Synonyms: obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide
- (verb): To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil.
Example: "Women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
- (noun): A garment that covers the head and face.
Synonyms: head covering
Famous quotes containing the word veil:
“Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“I shall have the veil withdrawn and be allowed to gaze unblinded on the narrow limits of my own possibilities.”
—Beatrice Potter Webb (1858–1943)
“If the veil were withdrawn from the sanctuary of domestic life, and man could look upon the fear, the loathing, the detestations which his tyranny and reckless gratification of self has caused to take the place of confiding love, which placed a woman in his power, he would shudder at the hideous wrong of the present regulations of the domestic abode.”
—Lydia Jane Pierson, U.S. women’s rights activist and corresponding editor of The Woman’s Advocate. The Woman’s Advocate, represented in The Lily, pp. 117-8 (1855-1858 or 1860)