Veil, Religious

Look at other dictionaries:

• Religious Veil —     Religious Veil     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Veil     In ancient Rome a red veil, or a veil with red stripes, distinguished newly married women from the unmarried. From the earliest times Christ was represented to the Christian… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Religious Congregations of the Presentation —     Religious Congregations of the Presentation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Congregations of the Presentation     (1) Daughters of the Presentation, founded in 1627 by Nicolas Sanguin (b. 1580; d. 1653), Bishop of Senlis, a prelate… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Veil — This article is about the article of clothing, or a religious item. For other uses, see Veil (disambiguation). Standing woman holding her veil. Terracotta figurine, ca. 400–375 BC. A veil is an article of clothing, worn almost exclusively by… …   Wikipedia

• Religious habit — St. Anthony the Great, wearing the Coptic habit. A religious habit is a distinctive set of garments worn by members of a religious order. Traditionally some plain garb recognisable as a religious habit has also been worn by those leading the… …   Wikipedia

• religious dress — Introduction also called  vestment        any attire, accoutrements, and markings used in religious rituals (ceremonial object) that may be corporate, domestic, or personal in nature. Such dress may comprise types of coverings all the way from… …   Universalium

• Veil of Veronica — For the image based on the photograph of the Shroud of Turin, please see: Holy Face of Jesus. The Holy Face of Genoa (see below), one of the group of images close to the original form …   Wikipedia

• veil — veil1 [veıl] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old North French; Origin: veile, from Latin vela, plural of velum sail, curtain, cloth, veil ] 1.) a thin piece of material that women wear to cover their faces at formal occasions or for religious reasons ▪ She …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• veil — 1 noun (C) 1 a thin piece of material worn by women to cover their faces at formal occasions such as weddings, or for religious reasons 2 the veil the system in Islamic countries in which women must keep their faces covered in public places 3… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• religious symbolism and iconography — Introduction       respectively, the basic and often complex artistic forms and gestures used as a kind of key to convey religious concepts and the visual, auditory, and kinetic representations of religious ideas and events. Symbolism and… …   Universalium

• Religious Congregations of the Presentation — For the Little Sisters of the Presentation of Our Lady, see Assumptionists. For the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, see Presentation Sisters. For the Sisters of the Presentation (up to 1842), see Sisters of the Holy Family …   Wikipedia