See also:

• COWL (through Fr. coule, from Lat. cucullus or cuculla, a covering; the word is found in various forms in most European languages, cf. Ger. Kugel or Kigel, Dutch kovel, Irish cochal or cochull ; the ultimate origin may be the root kal, found in Lat. clam,

COWL (through Fr. coule, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. cucullus or cuculla, a covering; the word is found in various forms in most See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Ger. Kugel or Kigel, Dutch kovel, Irish cochal or cochull ; the ultimate origin may be the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root kal, found in Lat. clam,  secretly, and Gr . KaXinreiv, to hide, See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover up), an See also:

• OUTER

outer garment worn by both sexes in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages; a See also:

• PART

part of the monastic See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, hence the phrase " to take the See also:

• COWL (through Fr. coule, from Lat. cucullus or cuculla, a covering; the word is found in various forms in most European languages, cf. Ger. Kugel or Kigel, Dutch kovel, Irish cochal or cochull ; the ultimate origin may be the root kal, found in Lat. clam,

cowl," signifying entry upon the religious See also:

• LIFE

life . The cucullus worn by the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian anchorites was a See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood covering the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck . Later generations lengthened the garment until it reached to the heels, and St See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict issued a See also:

• RULE

rule restricting its length to two cubits . See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

Chapter 55 of his See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute prescribes the following dress in temperate climates: a cowl and See also:

• TUNIC (0. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the Norman con-quest, directly from Lat. tunica, of which the origin is unknown)

tunic, thick in See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter and thin in summer, with a scapular for working See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours and shoes and stockings, all of See also:

• SIMPLE

simple material and make . In the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the cowl and the See also:

• FROCK

frock were frequently confounded, but the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne defined the former as " a See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and full without sleeves," and the latter as " a long habit with long and wide sleeves." While the See also:

• TERM

term thus seems strictly to imply a hooded See also:

• GOWN

gown it is often applied to the hood alone . It is also used to describe a loose vestment worn over the frock in the winter See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season and during the See also:

• NIGHT

night See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . The word " cowl " is also applied to a hood-shaped covering to a See also:

• CHIMNEY (through the Fr. cheminee, from caminata, sc. camera, a Lat. derivative of caminus, an oven or furnace)

chimney or ventilating See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft, to help down-See also:

• DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught, and to clear the up-current of foul See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air (see See also:

• VENTILATION (Lat. ventilare, from ventus, wind)

VENTILATION) .