unveiling

[ uhn-vey-ling ]
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noun
  1. a ceremony in which a statue or monument is presented or displayed for the first time by removing its covering.

  2. an act or instance of presenting, displaying, or revealing, especially for the first time: the unveiling of a new play.

Origin of unveiling

1
First recorded in 1760–70; unveil + -ing1

Other words from unveiling

  • self-un·veil·ing, adjective

Words Nearby unveiling

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How to use unveiling in a sentence

  • I've asked them and their friends to come down here to headquarters for the unveiling of Black Hood, alias the Eye.

  • In other words, from whatever point we approach the witnesses of Lucifer, they are subjected to a rough unveiling.

    Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward Waite
  • Kalmim made no scruple of unveiling, to afford her companion the whole benefit of her charms.

    Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
  • A bronze tablet recording this fact had been installed, and this was to be the unveiling.

  • Near here in the year 1865, on the 5th day of May, a vast concourse of people assembled to see the unveiling of a statue of Dante.

British Dictionary definitions for unveiling

unveiling

/ (ʌnˈveɪlɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a ceremony involving the removal of a veil at the formal presentation of a statue, monument, etc, for the first time

  2. the presentation of something, esp for the first time

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