praetexta
or pre·tex·ta
[ pree-tek-stuh ]
noun,plural prae·tex·tae [pree-tek-stee]. /priˈtɛk sti/.
(in ancient Rome) a white toga with a broad purple border, worn by priests and magistrates as an official costume, and by certain other Romans as ceremonial dress.
a similar garment worn by a boy until he assumed the toga virilis, or by a girl until she married.
Origin of praetexta
11595–1605; <Latin, short for toga praetexta literally, bordered toga. See pretext
Words Nearby praetexta
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How to use praetexta in a sentence
Each wore a wreath of corn, a white fillet and the praetexta.
They also wore the toga praetexta, which, though associated by us with secular magistrates, had undoubtedly a religious origin.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People | W. Warde FowlerOctavia, a late praetexta ascribed to Seneca, was certainly not written by him.
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