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Definition and meaning of robe
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robe (n.)
1.outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
2.any loose flowing garment
robe (v.)
1.clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
2.cover as if with clothing"the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
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Merriam Webster
RobeRobe (?), n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See Rob, v. t., and cf. Rubbish.]
1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Shak.
2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.]
Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. -- Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes.
RobeRobe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Robed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Robing.] To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.
The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. Pope.
Such was his power over the expression of his countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the sternness of winter, and robe it in the brightest smiles of spring. Wirt.
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⇨ academic robe • ecclesiastical robe • judge's robe • lounging robe • night robe • night-robe • robe-de-chambre
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Analogical dictionary
robe (n.)
tunique (fr)[Classe]
habit de l'avocat (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
habit traditionnel de l'universitaire (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
plain clothes; civilian clothes; civilian dress; civies; civvies[Classe]
robe masculine (fr)[Classe]
outerwear, overclothes[Hyper.]
robe, vest - gown[Dérivé]
robe (v.)
robe (v.)
cover, spread over[Hyper.]
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A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. A robe is distinguished from a cape or cloak by the fact that it usually has sleeves. The English word robe derives from Middle English robe ("garment"), borrowed from Old French robe ("booty, spoils"), itself taken from the Frankish word *rouba ("spoils, things stolen, clothes"), and is related to the word rob. There are various types of robes, including:
- A gown worn as part of the academic regalia of faculty or students, especially for ceremonial occasions, such as a convocations, congregations or graduations.
- A wide variety of long, flowing religious dress including pulpit robes and the robes worn by various types of monks.
- Any of several women's fashions, as robe d'anglaise (18th century), "robe de style" (1920s).
- A gown worn in fantasy literature and role-playing games by wizards and other magical characters.
- An absorbent "bath robe" worn mostly after washing or swimming.
- One such example is a bathrobe, a garment made of terrycloth or another towel-like material and is typically worn at home after a bath or other activities where the wearer is nude to keep warm and/or preserve modesty in times of no immediate need to fully dress. (Also called a house coat.) See, for example, that worn by the fictional character Arthur Dent.
- (Informal usage) Any long flowing garment; for example, a cassock is sometimes called a robe, despite the fact that the cassock is close-fitting.
See also
- Abaya
- Kaftan
- Academic stole
- Clothing
- Seamless robe of Jesus - Biblical relic
- Senegalese kaftan
- The Robe - film
- Black Robe - film about a robed Jesuit priest
- Tricivara - Buddhist monastic robe
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