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See also:BLACK See also:VEIL , in the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, the See also:symbol of the most See also:complete renunciation of the See also:world and See also:adoption of a See also:nun's See also:life. On the appointed See also:day the nun goes through all the See also:ritual of the See also:marriage ceremony, after a See also:solemn See also:mass at which all the inmates of the See also:convent assist. She is dressed in bridal See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white with See also:wreath and veil, and receives a See also:wedding-See also:ring, as See also:spouse of the Church. Afterwards she presides at a wedding-breakfast, at which a See also:- BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)
bride-cake is cut. She thus bids adieu to all her See also:friends, and having previously taken the white veil, the See also:betrothal, she now assumes the black, and for ever forswears the world and its pleasures. Her See also:hair is cut See also:short, and her bridal See also:robes are exchanged for the sombre religious See also:habit. Her wedding-ring, however, she continues to See also:wear, and it is buried with her.
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