Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dressed in a toga or robe; draped in the classical manner.
- Hence Stately; majestic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Dressed in a
toga orgown ; wearing a gown; gowned.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It consisted of a president and several executive officials, -- both professional and unprofessional men -- and a togated fiscal agent.
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Having given notification, the togated attorney of their Majesties and the licentiate Juan Rodriguez de Pisa, of the Council and advocate in this case, discussed the law.
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Mr. Berder's wonderful combinations, and when Rip Van Winkle was placed between two togated Roman senators, and Ichabod Crane arranged as if making love to a Greek goddess, he came near laughing outright.
Barriers Burned Away Edward Payson Roe 1863
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What homebred English could ape the high Roman fashion of such togated words as
Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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They drew their old cloaks about them, nevertheless, and threw the corners over their shoulders, with the dignity of attitude and action that have come down to these modern citizens, as their sole inheritance from the togated nation.
The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Then the old kings, the consuls and tribunes, the emperors, drunk with blood and gold, the warriors of eagle sight and remorseless beak, return for us, and the togated procession finds room to sweep across the scene; the seven hills tower, the innumerable temples glitter, and the Via Sacra swarms with triumphal life once more.
At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe Margaret Fuller 1830
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