Prayer Shawl

Prayer shawl may refer to:

  • Tallit, in Judaism
  • A mantilla in Roman Catholic Christianity.
  • A prayer cloth found among some Pentecostal Christians.

Famous quotes containing the words prayer and/or shawl:

    He heard her low accord,
    Half prayer and half ditty,
    And He felt a subtle quiver,
    That was not heavenly love,
    Or pity.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    I mourn the safe and motherly old middle-class queen, who held the nation warm under the fold of her big, hideous Scotch-plaid shawl and whose duration had been so extraordinarily convenient and beneficent. I felt her death much more than I should have expected; she was a sustaining symbol—and the wild waters are upon us now.
    Henry James (1843–1916)