face veil
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- noun
- /feɪs veɪl/
:
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- During the festival, she wore a colorful face veil that complemented her traditional dress.
- wear a face veil
- face veil or headscarf
- ban the face veil
Why don't they just go to a village square in Pakistan, take their full face veil off and see what happens to them?
- Why don't they just go to a village square in Pakistan, take their full face veil off and see what happens to them?
Examples
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The Belgian law banning face veils was inserted into the Criminal Code on June 1, 2011, and approved by the Belgian Constitutional Court on December 6, 2012.
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Since then, many European governments have debated whether or not to ban the face veil.
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However, the government could only go so far in its ability to restrict the face veil or headscarf.
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Asking the girl to remove her face veil, he said, "The niqab is a tradition; it has no connection with religion."
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The Syrian minister of higher education indicated that the face veil ran counter to Syrian academic values and traditions.
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Therefore, on October 11, 2010, France became the first European country to pass a law banning full-face veils in public.
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The niqab and burqa are the subjects of debate in the face-veil ban controversy.
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On July 18, 2010, Syria became the latest Muslim state to ban full face veils in some public places, barring female students from wearing the full face cover on Syrian university campuses.
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However, in the name of "living together," the European Court of Human Rights upheld the face-veil bans in France and Belgium, setting binding precedent for other European countries to allow restrictions of Muslim women's freedoms guaranteed under Articles 8 and 9.
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At the wedding, many guests admired the bride's intricate face veil made of delicate lace.
Synonyms
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3.4
A cloth worn to cover the head and face for religion, ceremony, or privacy
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9.2
A cloth some Muslim women wear to cover their faces except for the eyes
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9.9
A cloth veil worn by some Muslim women that covers the face leaving only the eyes visible
A fine, light piece of cloth worn over the face for decoration or during ceremonies
Antonyms
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cloth covering the face' is directly and transparently composed from 'face' (front part of the head) + 'veil' (a cloth worn to cover head/face); the compound simply specifies the veil's target. This noun+noun composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Face veil: The noun face veil comes from a simple picture: a thin cloth called a veil placed over the face to hide or protect it, as a bride might do or a woman might do in prayer. So the term means a light, partly see-through cloth worn 'to cover' the face for religious, cultural, or modesty reasons.