Usually means: Become a nun; embrace monasticism.
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  1. take the veil: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. take the veil: Merriam-Webster
  3. take the veil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. take the veil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. take the veil: Vocabulary.com
  6. take the veil: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. take the veil: Wiktionary
  8. take the veil: Dictionary.com
  9. take the veil: Rhymezone
  10. take the veil: FreeDictionary.org
  11. take the veil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. take the veil: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (take the veil)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To retire into a convent and live as a nun.

Similar:
veil, cloister, unnun, unveil, retire, sequester, draw a veil over, nook, renounce the world, descend, more...

Opposite:
marry, wed, unite, join, espouse

Phrases:
to take the veil, more...

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Similar:
veil, cloister, unnun, unveil, retire, sequester, draw a veil over, nook, renounce the world, descend, more...

Opposite:
marry, wed, unite, join, espouse

Phrases:
to take the veil, more...



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