Care cloth
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care-cloth-292-7025945
title:
Care cloth
text:
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. Symbolizing the "marriage yoke joining the bride and groom together", it is a rectangular linen or silk sheet smaller than the analogous Chuppah of Judaism, typically featuring a red pattern or a red cord, and is white in color. St. Isidore of Seville explained that the whi
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Cloth used in ancient wedding tradition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Care_cloth
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2023-12-24T17:53:22Z
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