English Dictionary

take the veil

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To retire into a convent and live as a nun.

日本語の意味

修道院に入り、修道女としての生活を送る、尼僧になること

After years of reflection, she decided to take the veil and devote her life to prayer.

何年もの熟考の末、彼女は修道院に入り、祈りの生活に生涯を捧げることを決めた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To retire into a convent and live as a nun.

I shall devote myself for a time to the examination of the Roman Catholic dogmas, and to a careful study of the workings of their system: if I find it to be, as I half suspect it is, the one best calculated to ensure the doing of all things decently and in order, I shall embrace the tenets of Rome and probably take the veil.

takes the veil （ present singular third-person ）

taking the veil （ participle present ）

took the veil （ past ）

taken the veil （ participle past ）