Sentence examples for veil without from inspiring English sources

At the Council of Paris (829) the bishops noted: "Certain women, under the pretext of taking the veil, without the consent of bishops, are veiling themselves so that they can become the female guardians, excubatrices, and female managers, administratrices, of churches". Other deaconesses took possession of a convent as lay abbesses.

Under the ban, no woman, French or foreign, is able to leave their home with their face hidden behind a veil without running the risk of a fine.

Under the ban that took effect on 11 April 2011, no woman, French or foreign, is able to leave their home with their face hidden behind a veil without running the risk of a fine.

She chewed energetically, her enthusiasm without veil.

I found it impossible to look at her through a veil of snowflakes without a surge of guilt and concern.

She and Jessica compromised by eliminating the veil, but even without it the dress cost more than three hundred dollars, not including alterations.

The head veil with or without the face veil (which incidentally is not a religious requirement) is in fact a liberating and an empowering force rather than an oppressive one.

But a veil enforces ignorance without separation.

Try to wear very loose veils, and do not wear the same veil multiple times without washing it.

She concedes that her party had to search at great length to find an Afghan woman who would agree to be photographed without her husband's permission and without a veil, but she also tells with perfect credulity of a mysterious (and wholly elusive) female commander called Maryam and her all-female resistance army who have emerged from the isolation of strict Islamic practice to fight the Russians.

The mother's mug shot was taken without a veil.