white-robed

[ hwahyt-rohbd, wahyt- ]

/ ˈʰwaɪtˈroʊbd, ˈwaɪt- /

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adjective

clothed in a white robe.

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Origin of white-robed

First recorded in 1615–25

Words nearby white-robed

white propaganda, white pudding, white rainbow, white rat, White River, white-robed, White Rock, white room, white rose, white rot, White Russia

How to use white-robed in a sentence

The city had already begun to revert back to its historic and real masters: sheiks and imams, the white-robed religious clerics.
Iraq War 10th Anniversary: The Iraqi Highway Patrolman|John Kael Weston|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Dead leaves covered all the long avenue in which the little white-robed child was being carried up and down.
Marguerite|Anatole France
And Richard saw before his eyes a white-robed, catlike Arab, swinging upon a picketed chestnut charger.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
She made a white-robed, dusky figure against the deep blues of my big window.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells

The boys soon found themselves seated in easy-chairs in the verandah, while white-robed servants brought them refreshments.
A Chapter of Adventures|G. A. Henty
Amid the wreathing vapours a figure of unearthly proportions carried to the sea a white-robed form with long flowing hair.
Baron Bruno|Louisa Morgan