Robe vs Praetexta - What's the difference?
robe | praetexta |
A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
* Shakespeare
(US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
To clothe someone in a robe.
(historical, Roman antiquity) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis , or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between robe and praetexta
is that robe is a long, formal dress worn only on special occasions while praetexta is (historical|roman antiquity) a white robe with a purple border, worn by a roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis , or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage it was also worn by magistrates and priests.robe
English
Noun
(en noun)- Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all.
