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  2. Biblical clothing - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, mention is made of the miṭpaḥat, a kind of veil or shawl . This was ordinarily just a woman's neckcloth. Other than the use by a bride or bride-to-be (Genesis 24:65), prostitutes (Genesis 38:14) and possibly others , a woman did not go veiled (Genesis 12:14, Genesis 24:15), except for modesty (Genesis 24:65).

  3. Seamless robe of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Pilgrims view one of the claimed Seamless Robes (Trier, April 2012) The collarless neck of the seamless robe of Jesus. The Seamless Robe of Jesus (also known as the Holy Robe, Holy Tunic, Holy Coat, Honorable Robe, and Chiton of the Lord) is the robe said to have been worn by Jesus during or shortly before his crucifixion. Competing traditions ...

  4. Tallit - Wikipedia

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    The Bible does not command wearing of a unique prayer shawl or tallit. Instead, it presumes that people wore a garment of some type to cover themselves and instructs the Children of Israel to attach fringes (ציצית tzitzit) to the corners of these (Numbers 15:38), repeating the commandment in terms that they should "make thee twisted cords upon the four corners of thy covering, wherewith ...

  5. Veil - Wikipedia

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    7 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 8 (For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.) 10 That is why a woman ought to have a veil on her head, because of the angels.

  6. A Woman Hid This Secret Code in Her Silk Dress in 1888 ... - AOL

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    The Silk Dress Cryptogram rose to become one of the top 50 unsolvable codes in the world, but Chan wasn’t done. He eventually stumbled upon the old “Telegraphic Tales and Telegraphic History ...

  7. Silkwoman - Wikipedia

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    A silkwoman was a woman in medieval, Tudor, and Stuart England who traded in silks and other fine fabrics. [1] [2] London silkwomen held some trading rights independently from their husbands and were exempted from some of the usual customs and laws of coverture. [3]

  8. Wimple - Wikipedia

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    A wimple is a medieval form of female headcovering, formed of a large piece of cloth worn draped around the neck and chin, covering the top of the head; it was usually made from white linen or silk. Its use developed in early medieval Europe; in medieval Christianity it was unseemly for a married woman to show her hair. A wimple might be ...

  9. The drug-trafficking Rio gangsters who see themselves ... - AOL

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    A rifle and the Bible. One man who has experience of crime and religion – though in his case, not at the same time – is Pastor Diego Nascimento, who became a Christian after hearing the gospel ...