VEIL Copy link • VEIL 1. s. A cover to conceal the face, rica; diminutive, ricinium (☞ not velum, which is = a sail, a curtain): flammeum: flammeolum (a bride’s veil): Any covering, velamen: velamentum: integumentum: involucrum (also, velum, especially as technical term for the veil, i. e., curtain, of the Tabernacle or Temple). Figuratively, A pretext, species: imago: simulacrum: Under the veil of, per simulationem (☞ not sub obtentu or sub praetextu). Vid: PRETEXT. 2. v. aliquid velare (PROP. and figuratively): nomine alicujus rei tegere atque velare aliquid (IMPROP. = to cloak; e.g., cupiditatem suam, Cic.). Vid: To CLOAK.