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pre⋅tex⋅ta

[pree-tek-stuh]
–noun, plural -tex⋅tae [-tek-stee] .
praetexta.

prae⋅tex⋅ta

[pree-tek-stuh]
–noun, plural -tex⋅tae [-tek-stee] .
1. (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.
2. a similar garment worn by a boy until he assumed the toga virilis, or by a girl until she married.
Also, pretexta.


Origin:
1595–1605; < L, short for toga praetexta lit., bordered toga. See pretext
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