robe
noun
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
had robed
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past perfectof robe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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After their Royal Highnesses had robed they were conducted to the hall.
From Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by Edward VII
And when he had robed himself with his robes, and entered in and bowed himself before the altar, he saw that the altar was covered with strange flowers that never had been seen before.
From A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde
In Memphis he had robed himself in fine linen and reveled, had eaten with princes and slept sumptuously—in his strength and his manhood and unearned idleness.
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Elizabeth Miller
She was fire for the blue and the green Of our earth, dark fire; athirst As a seed of her bosom for dawn, White air that had robed and nursed Her mother.
From Poems — Volume 2 by George Meredith
The which she did after she had robed her in her best apparel.
From The Fall of the Niebelungs by Margaret Armour
