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单词 praetexta
释义 praetexta
 /pree tek"steuh/,  n.  ,  pl.   praetextae /-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.
 [1595-1605; < L, short for toga praetexta lit., bordered toga. See PRETEXT]
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