take the veil en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To retire into a convent and live as a nun.
“[…] I shall devote myself for a time to the examination of the Roman Catholic dogmas, and to a careful study of the workings of their system: if I find it to be, as I half suspect it is, the one best calculated to ensure the doing of all things decently and in order, I shall embrace the tenets of Rome and probably take the veil.”
1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 185:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taken the veil | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| taking the veil | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| takes the veil | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| took the veil | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
pl wstępować do zakonu (Translations) · fr prendre le voile (Translations) · hu felveszi a fátylat (Translations) · pl wstąpić do zakonu (Translations) · pl wstąpić do klasztoru (Translations) · fi mennä nunnaluostariin (Translations) · fi ryhtyä nunnaksi (Translations) · pl wstępować do klasztoru (Translations)