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veil
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veil (vāl)
1. a covering structure.
2. a caul or piece of amniotic sac occasionally covering the face of a newborn child.

veil (vl)
n.
1. See caul.
2. See velum.

veil [vāl]
a covering structure; see also velamen and velum.
1. caul.
2. slight huskiness of the voice.

veil
1. a covering structure.
2. a caul or piece of amniotic sac occasionally covering the face of a newborn animal.

veil cell
fibroblast-like cells which surround small vessels in the dermis.


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Ms Booth said ahead of her speech that questions should be raised over whether religious veils allow a woman "to be a person in her own right".
Well, if he feels so strongly about women wearing religious veils why did he say nothing to the woman standing next to him at Pope John Paul II's Westminster Cathedral memorial service last year?
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope might call for Israel to stop its bloody massacre of the innocents, but it's the politicians hiding behind their religious veils who call the shots.
 
 
 
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