stola

American  

[stoh-luh] / ˈstoʊ lə /

noun

plural

stolae, stolas

1. a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.

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Etymology

Origin of stola

1720–30; < Latin < Greek stolḗ; see stole ²

Example Sentences

Sometimes the stola was clasped over the shoulder, and in some instances it had sleeves.

From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Gilman, Arthur

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 Couperus, Louis

She wore a stola and outer garment of stainless white linen—the perfectly plain badge of her chaste and holy office; while on her small feet were dainty sandals, bound on by thongs of whitened leather.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

“Stick to your stola, bishop,” was the Plantagenet-like answer, “and leave me my Lola.”

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.

Stole, from Lat. stola, a long dress worn by Roman women over their tunic and fastened with a girdle.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James