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toga


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Toga  \To"ga\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Togas},  L.  {Tog[ae]}.  [L.,  akin  to 
  tegere  to  cover.  See  {Thatch}.]  (Rom.  Antiq.) 
  The  loose  outer  garment  worn  by  the  ancient  Romans, 
  consisting  of  a  single  broad  piece  of  woolen  cloth  of  a  shape 
  approaching  a  semicircle.  It  was  of  undyed  wool,  except  the 
  border  of  the  toga  pr[ae]texta. 
 
  {Toga  pr[ae]texta}.  [L.],  a  toga  with  a  broad  purple  border, 
  worn  by  children  of  both  sexes,  by  magistrates,  and  by 
  persons  engaged  in  sacred  rites. 
 
  {Toga  virilis}  [L.],  the  manly  gown;  the  common  toga.  This 
  was  assumed  by  Roman  boys  about  the  time  of  completing 
  their  fourteenth  year. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  toga 
  n  :  a  loose  one-piece  outer  garment  worn  by  men  in  ancient  Rome 




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