Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Corinthians 11:6
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1 Corinthians11:6
6. A woman would not like to be "shorn" or (what is worse) "shaven"; but if she chooses to be uncovered (unveiled) in front, let her be so also behind, that is, "shorn."
a shame--an unbecoming thing (compare 1Co 11:13-15). Thus the shaving of nuns is "a shame."
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