take the veil
Enter religious life
To take the veil is to become a nun, entering a religious order and committing to a cloistered life.
The phrase refers to the head covering worn by nuns as a symbol of their vows.
It appears most often in historical or literary contexts: After her husband's death, she took the veil.
Occasionally used figuratively for any withdrawal from worldly life.
- professDeclare openly, claim belief
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
- novitiateReligious training period
- habitSettled regular tendency
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
bride of Christ · wedding ring · cross · renunciation · investiture · commitment · vows · holy orders · silence · wimple · final vows · spirituality · consecration · monasticism · sacrifice · celibacy · undertaking · convent
take the veilmarry
Unite in wedlock
get married · wed · tie the knot · walk down the aisle · take a wife
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