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Wimple

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: W

By: James P. Boyd

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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In a Bible sense, a hood or veil

(Isa. 3:22²²The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, (Isaiah 3:22)), or a mantle or shawl (Ruth 3:15¹⁵Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. (Ruth 3:15)).

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