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Wimple

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Wimple. An old English word for hood or veil, used in the Authorized Version of Isaiah 3:22. The same Hebrew word is translated "veil" in Ruth 3:15, but it signifies rather a kind of shawl or mantle.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Wimple'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​w/wimple.html. 1901.
 
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