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单词 praetexta
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praetexta in American English

(priˈtekstə)
nounWord forms: plural -textae (-ˈteksti)
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
Word origin
[1595–1605; ‹ L, short for toga praetexta lit., bordered toga. See pretext]
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