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  2. Head covering for Christian women - Wikipedia

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    Christian head covering, also known as Christian veiling, is the traditional practice of women covering their head in a variety of Christian denominations.Some Christian women wear the head covering in public worship and during private prayer at home, [1] [2] [3] while others (esp. Conservative Anabaptists) believe women should wear head coverings at all times. [4]

  3. Christian clothing - Wikipedia

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    They teach that the wearing of plain dress is scripturally commanded in 1 Timothy 2:9–10, 1 Peter 3:3–5, and 1 Corinthians 11:5–6, [5] in addition to being taught by the early Church Fathers. [5] Indeed, in the early Christian manual Paedagogus, the injunction for clothing to extend past the knees was enjoined. [6]

  4. Church crown - Wikipedia

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    The two attackers shoot off her church crown as they attempt to kill Little. [19] The National Museum of African American History and Culture collection features several church crowns designed by Philadelphia milliner Mae Reeves. [20] The late singer Aretha Franklin was known for wearing "church lady hats" that suited her background in gospel ...

  5. Headscarf - Wikipedia

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    The Church Fathers taught that because the hair of a woman has sexual potency, it should only be for her husband to see and covered the rest of the time. [24] To some extent, the covering of the head depended on where the woman was, but it was usually outside and on formal occasions, especially when praying at home and worshipping in church.

  6. Kapp (headcovering) - Wikipedia

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    A mother wearing a kapp. A kapp (/kɒp/, Pennsylvania German from German Kappe meaning cap, cover, hood) is a Christian headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian denominations (especially among Amish, Mennonites, Schwarzenau Brethren and River Brethren of the Old Order Anabaptist and Conservative Anabaptist traditions), as well as certain Conservative Friends and Plain ...

  7. Mantilla - Wikipedia

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    The practice diminished after her abdication in 1870, and by 1900 the use of the mantilla became largely limited to church services, as well as formal occasions such as bullfights, Holy Week and weddings. [2] Peineta crafted of Mother of Pearl A fallera, woman with mantilla in the falles of València Women wearing mantilla in a corrida in Spain ...

  8. Paul the Apostle and women - Wikipedia

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    For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head. A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.

  9. Plain dress - Wikipedia

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    Plain dress may establish a sense of belonging within the community while also marking the group's members as different in the wider society. Some practitioners describe their dress as a protection from unwanted attention. Quaker minister Elizabeth Fry considered her plain dress to serve as "a hedge against the world", and "a sort of protector ...