Sentences with phrase «formal mourning period»

As the phrase indicates, the word «mourning» had by that time become synonymous with the apparel worn, mainly by women, during the formal mourning period, transforming the internal process of grieving the dead into a codified expression and performance of this process.

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Women going through a mourning period often choose gray for attending formal or informal functions, although fashionable attire has even included gray in wedding gowns.

Although not subject to these formal regulations, following the death of the Charles II in 1685, the Bar entered a period of mourning and started to wear black mourning robes, complete with the pleated shoulders and tapered elbows we see today.

For example, I understand that within the Jewish religion, burials should takes place as soon as possible following death, and can be followed by a formal period seven day period of mourning.