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n. A prayer shawl (e.g. a Jewish tallit).
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Prayer shawl may refer to:
- Tallit, in Judaism
- A mantilla in Roman Catholic Christianity.
- A prayer cloth found among some Pentecostal Christians.
Usage examples of "prayer shawl".
In those days, we started training for our life's work at ten, then received the prayer shawl and phylacteries at thirteen, signifying our entry into manhood.
A paratrooper in uniform is making his way through the rows of chairs and taps the shoulder of a bearded youngster, who gets up and goes out, folding his prayer shawl.
Here was this long-bearded man wearing a Jewish prayer shawl, its knotted tassels sticking out from beneath his coat.
Benjamin stood wrapped in a prayer shawl, its fine fabric contrasting oddly with the rough burlap of his loincloth, while the abbot climbed down to the trail and rode back toward the abbey.
Her body was the silk of his prayer shawl, her breath was Sabbath spices, and her fingers were as cool as the leather frontlets on his arm and forehead.
His gown was plain, his marks of rank unobtrusive: a silver button on his hat, a silken prayer shawl under his gown.
Bespectacled and ringleted, the fringes of a prayer shawl splayed from beneath the hem of his shabby vest.
Gota was awake but had her eyes closed as she murmured over a prayer shawl vaguely resembling those some Gunni cults used.
I couldn't help thinking she must see me with a prayer shawl around my neck and yarmulke on my head as I swayed back and forth praying.
Already in the act of crossing the street to avoid the altercation at the gate, the heavily bearded man, obviously Jewish from the prayer shawl visible under his coat, started walking much faster.
Wrong, said Hoffa as he draped his prayer shawl over his arm, waiting for a lull in the conversation to say the holy words before putting on the talis.