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2. Hope chest - Wikipedia

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   A hope chest, also called dowry chest, cedar chest, trousseau chest, or glory box, is a piece of furniture once commonly used by unmarried young women to collect items, such as clothing and household linen, in anticipation of married life. The term "hope chest" or "cedar chest" is used in the United States; in the United Kingdom, the term is ...

3. Bedding ceremony - Wikipedia

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   Bedding ceremony. The bedding ceremony refers to the wedding custom of putting the newlywed couple together in the marital bed in front of numerous witnesses, usually family, friends, and neighbors, thereby completing the marriage. The purpose of the ritual was to establish the consummation of the marriage, either by actually witnessing the ...

4. Care cloth - Wikipedia

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   Engraving depicting the marriage of the Duke of Bourbon and Mademoiselle de Nantes at Versailles in 1685, with a nuptial veil held over the couple. The nuptial veil, which is also referred to as the care cloth, carde clothe or wedding canopy, is an ancient Christian wedding tradition where a cloth is held over the heads of the bride and groom during the Nuptial Blessing.

5. A bride found a $25 wedding dress and turned it into the gown ...

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   Adrian Bradley, a June 2024 bride, took none of those paths. Instead, she bought a vintage gown from a thrift store for $25 and turned it into the perfect wedding dress. Adrian Bradley and Ryan ...

6. Corporal (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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   Corporal (liturgy) A corporal, fully opened. The same corporal, folded. The corporal is an altar linen used in Christianity for the celebration of the Eucharist. Originally called corporax, from Latin corpus ("body"), it is a small square of white linen cloth; modern corporals are usually somewhat smaller than the width of the altar on which ...

7. Linen - Wikipedia

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   Linen (/ ˈlɪnən /) is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is very strong and absorbent and dries faster than cotton. Because of these properties, linen is comfortable to wear in hot weather and is valued for use in garments. Linen textiles can be made from flax plant fiber, yarn, as well as woven and knitted.