A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Romanboy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
Origin
Latin toga, from praetextus, past participle of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae + texere.
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