stola
Americannoun
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stolae,
plural
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stolas
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of stola
1720–30; < Latin < Greek stolḗ; see stole 2
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Among the Romans, the stola had a serious significance, beyond its use as an article of attire.
From Roman Women by Alfred Brittain
Time was when I should have given them to Ilia as a border for her stola.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus
The stola was a loose garment, gathered in and girdled at the waist with a deep flounce extending to the feet.
From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Robert Franklin Pennell
The stola is said to have been a more ample and ornamented sort of tunic.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
Above the stola, women wore a mantle called palla or pallium.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
Their stolae were ornamented with purple bands, and fastened with diamond clasps, while their pallae trailed along the ground.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord
To the good gentlemen who poetize concerning grace and the antique, who sigh for togas, stolas, and paludaments, I say, Go to.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by
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