toga praetexta

British  

/ priːˈtɛkstə /

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) a toga with a broad purple border worn by certain magistrates and priests and by boys until they assumed the toga virilis

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Etymology

Origin of toga praetexta

Latin, literally: bordered toga

Example Sentences

They also wore the toga praetexta, which, though associated by us with secular magistrates, had undoubtedly a religious origin.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

Although not sacrosanct, they had the right of sitting in a curule chair and wore the distinctive toga praetexta.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg