white-robed

[hwahyt-rohbd, wahyt-]

adjective

1. clothed in a white robe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of white-robed¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

But the most overtly white nationalist post came on July 23, when the DHS shared a painting from 19th-century artist John Gast featuring a white-robed woman floating over a U.S. landscape, an embodiment of the concept of manifest destiny, a policy used to justify the genocide of Native Americans.

From Slate

On that Sunday morning, in his clerical collar and large black headphones among a crowd of white-robed bishops and before an estimated 1.5 million faithful, Peixoto swayed to the dance beat he mixed with clips of papal speeches.

From Seattle Times

At one point, his aide had to lower the wheelchair backwards to manoeuvre it from the pavement to the street, putting it - and the white-robed pope - at a 45 degree angle pointing skyward.

From Reuters

The nation’s capital, experts said, remains an attractive location for these hate groups, as it has for generations, including when white-robed Ku Klux Klan members marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in 1925.

From Washington Post

As the sun set, this white-robed army corralled dozens of sheep into a small arena, where they prayed en masse before slaughtering and skinning the animals.

From New York Times