veil, n.
(veils)
freq. cnt. 2
(veils)
freq. cnt. 2
a garment that covers the head and face
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
head covering veil
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a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
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humeral veil veil
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
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caul embryonic membrane veil
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
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veil velum