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A Free Woman will, depending upon the customs of her household and city,
wear up to five separate veils simultaneously, each with a different purpose
of concealment. These veils range in function from thin, gauzy ones worn
close to the skin, all the way up to the heavily brocaded street veils
worn by Free Women upon the streets and in the public gathering places
of her city. The five basic veils worn by Free Women are, in the order
they are donned: the last veil, the veil of the citizeness, the pride
veil, the house veil, and the street veil.
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