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Meaning of take the veil | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To retire into a convent and live as a nun.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Français prendre le voile

Examples

““[…] 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.””

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

take the waters take the wax out of one's ears take the weight off take the weight off one's feet take the wheel take the wind out of someone's sails