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/vim"peuh/, n. Rom. Cath. Ch.a silk veil falling over the shoulders and extending down the arms and over the hands, worn by acolytes who carry the miter and crosier at a Pontifical Mass.[ < ML < Gmc; see WIMPLE]
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