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took the veil

took the veil is the simple past of take the veil.

Meaning of take the veil

Verb

take the veil (third-person singular simple present takes the veil, present participle taking the veil, simple past took the veil, past participle taken the veil)

  1. (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...1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 185

Questions about took the veil

What is took the veil the simple past of?
Took the veil is the simple past of take the veil.

Words near took the veil in the dictionary

  1. took the stand
  2. took the studs
  3. took the sun
  4. took the time
  5. took the trouble
  6. took the veil
  7. took the weight off
  8. took the weight off one's feet
  9. took the wheel
  10. took the wind out of someone's sails
  11. took the words out of someone's mouth

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