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praetexta
or pre·tex·ta
[ pree-tek-stuh ]
noun
, plural prae·tex·tae [pree-, tek, -stee].
- (in ancient Rome) a white toga with a broad purple border, worn by priests and magistrates as an official costume, and by certain other Romans as ceremonial dress.
- a similar garment worn by a boy until he assumed the toga virilis, or by a girl until she married.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of praetexta1
1595–1605; < Latin, short for toga praetexta literally, bordered toga. See pretext
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Example Sentences
Each wore a wreath of corn, a white fillet and the praetexta.
From Project Gutenberg
They also wore the toga praetexta, which, though associated by us with secular magistrates, had undoubtedly a religious origin.
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Octavia, a late praetexta ascribed to Seneca, was certainly not written by him.
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