What is a covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil called?
veil — (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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