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There are two pieces of cloth used in a regular nun's habit on her head. The first is a Wimple. This is usually white, it can be pleated or loose. It comes up under the chin, completely covers the head and falls like a bib in a half moon shape off the shoulders. The second would be the veil proper, which might have an underveil. In many orders the underveil was white, the overveil was white for novices (first year nuns who had just received the habit) and black for professed sisters. This is usually just a large clothe that hangs down the sides and the back off the head. Some orders wore a coronet instead of a veil. I believe the Sisters of Charity in France used to wear a distinctive coronet similar to the one worn by the "Flying Nun" in the old TV series.

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Q: What is the name of the Cloth draped round the head worn as part of the habit of nuns?
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