Bible Dictionary: Woman: To Wear Her Hair Long As a Covering

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1 Corinthians 11:15
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
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1 Cor. xi. 2
... and the woman rising up against the man by her outward habiliments. ... nor he with a
mantle or a veil: ("for the woman," saith He, "shall not wear that which ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxvi 1 cor xi.htm

Against Embellishing the Body.
... So those women who wear gold, occupying themselves in curling ... in the comic poet the
sensible woman says, "What ... With a slender sprig of myrtle between her lips,. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ii against embellishing the body.htm

Choosing the Tens
... It would not wear, nor hide thy charm at all ... thou want to marry Atsu?" the old woman
demanded harshly ... The girl turned toward her, her face flushed with resentment ...
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Change not Always Improvement.
... to some one, [43] when he consents to wear the flowing ... No sober woman even, or heroine
[47] of any note, would ... looked around, and saw that she had lost her lion ...
/.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter iv change not always improvement.htm

On Clothes.
... attire, brightened up with colour not her own; and her gait and ... Nor is it seemly
for a woman to wish to make ... of spectators on the face of those that wear it! ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter xi name clothes.htm

A Prince's Bride
... But the woman rushed on to indiscretion, in her desperate intent to ... He will wear
a purple turban embroidered with a golden star ... Philadelphus will be in her house ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter i a princes bride.htm

The Shepherd of Pella
... "I wear my tent; it ... and purists depict so minutely as that migrating iniquity, the
strange woman?". ... He slipped his hand under a strand of her rich hair that had ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter iii the shepherd of.htm

Letter xxxix. To Paula.
... Mourning is for those who wear silk dresses ... see what a great thing it is to comfort
a lonely woman! ... that in her frenzy she would have unbound her hair, and rent ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xxxix to paula.htm

The Death of the Blessed virgin Mary at Ephesus
... He did not wear. ... James the Less, Thaddeus, and Simon) was by then a very old woman. ...
Blessed Virgin's beautiful locks of hair to be kept in remembrance of her. ...
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Appendix xvii. The Ordinances and Law of the Sabbath as Laid Down ...
... Similarly, it was forbidden to wear any part of a suit of ... If a woman were to roll
wheat to take away this ... If she were throwing it up in her hands, she would be ...
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