TAKE THE VEIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become a nun

Example:

The young woman took the veil after her fiance died

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "take the veil" is one way to...):

profess (take vows, as in religious order)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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